HUMAN HEALTH AND NUTRITION
NEW RESEARCH

In the past decade or so, nutrition research has grown into one of the most challenging
and innovative health-related scientific disciplines in the world. New advances in basic and
applied nutritional research help emphasize several health challenges of the population such
as obesity, chronic diseases (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer) and aging. On
the other hand, research focused on the healthy population with specific nutritional needs
(e.g., athletes, elderly, children and adolescents) highlights new questions and dilemmas. The
volume of information grows exponentially with new studies and challenging old paradigms.
In this book, authors explore selected topics that have implications for human health and
nutrition, from epidemiological approaches to basic and applied trials.