Research Catalog

Title

• Functional foods / R. Chadwick ... [et al.].

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2003.

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Additional Authors

Chadwick, Ruth F.

Description

xvii, 218 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Functional Foods are being introduced into society at a particularly sensitive moment. Diet-related diseases have assumed proper epidemic proportions significantly affecting the quality of life while obesity is spreading not only to the majority of the adult population but also, more worryingly, to young people who rarely have the option of alternative diets. As scientific proofs for the link between diet and disease accumulate, there are increasingly louder calls for policy action." "This report reviews Functional Foods from a multidisciplinary perspective focusing on safety, legal/policy aspects, economy, public perceptions and ethics. It attempts to clarify the main issues and provides comprehensive recommendations for policymaking."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

• Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung ; Bd. 20

Uniform Title

Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung Bd. 20.

Subject

• Diet Therapy
• Europe
• Food
• Food consumption > Europe
• Food, Genetically Modified
• Foods, Specialized
• Functional foods > Europe
• Health Policy
• Legislation, Food
• Nutrition > Europe

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Text in English with summary in German.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Nutrition and health -- 2. Economic aspects of functional foods -- 3. Public perceptions aspects -- 4. Legal and policy aspects -- 5. Ethical issues -- 6. Functional foods and intestinal functions: the case of probiotics and prebiotics -- 7. Phytosterols enriched functional foods -- 8. Resume and policy recommendations.

ISBN

3540201203 (alk. paper)

OCLC

54858197

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library