HANDBOOK
OF NUTRITION
AND IMMUNITY

Several years ago, two of us published a full-length textbook entitled
Nutrition and Immunology: Principles and Practice. The book was academically successful and well received by our peers. Our colleagues
commented that while the book was eminently suitable for a library, there
was still an intellectual need for a more concise volume on nutrition and
immunology for health care providers and scientists working at the interface of delivering therapeutic and/or preventive health care. We agreed
and decided that a book focused on issues relevant to laboratory workers
and to developing countries would be valuable. We invited well-known
experts in their fields to contribute a chapter each and asked that they err
on the short rather than the long side and update cited review articles
rather than original papers wherever possible. The Handbook of Nutrition
and Immunity is the culmination of that process. Our intention is that the
book will grow over time and new editions will fill identified voids that
meet the changing needs of health care providers and scientists interested
in the practical aspects related to evaluating nutrition and immunology in
the field. The Handbook of Nutrition and Immunity is for those people
working in both adult and child nutrition throughout the world. It is also
of relevance to those in the pharmaceutical and the food industry who are
interested in developing ways to evaluate both the efficacy and effectiveness of their products.