Human Health and Nutrition: New Research (Food and Beverage Consumption and Health) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1634828232 ISBN 13: 9781634828239

Verlag: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Research on nutrition has grown into one of the most challenging and innovative health-related scientific disciplines during the past decade. New advances in basic and applied nutritional research help to emphasize several health challenges of the global population. In this book, authors present current research in the study of nutrition and human health. Topics discussed here include the correlation between obesity and iron deficiency anemia; the role of exercise, inflammation and chronic disease in zinc transport; protein supplementation in an athletic environment; efficacy and safety of dietary guanidinoacetic acid and methyl donor loading; the utilization of new creatine formulations in human nutrition; the evaluation of medicinal plant antioxidants and anti-inflammatory activities; the role of edible wild plants in human nutrition; factors influencing fruit and vegetable consumption in adolescents; and novel perspectives in physical inactivity-related mechanisms of sarcopenia.

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Professor Sergej M. Ostojic received his medical degree (MD) from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia on September 1996. He then pursued his postgraduate training in exercise physiology & sports medicine, and obtained PhD at the University of Belgrade in 2003. In 2002, he joined the faculty of the Institute of Sports Medicine at Sports Academy Belgrade. Currently he is the Director of Human Performance Laboratory at the Center of Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, Belgrade and Professor at Faculty of Sport and Physical Education at the University of Novi Sad. His research is focused on mitochondria-directed nutraceuticals in health and disease, and physiological responses to maximal and submaximal exercise. He is a member of American College of Sports Medicine, European Physical Conditioning Association, National Strength and Conditioning Association etc. He has a number of publications in different journals in medicine, nutrition, physiology and sport science including International Journal of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, British Journal of Nutrition, Journal of Functional Foods, International Journal of Sports Medicine, European Journal of Nutrition etc.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Nova Science Publishers Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1634828232
• ISBN 13: 9781634828239
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 235
• Herausgeber: Ostojic Sergej M. M.D. Ph.D.
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• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar