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Functional Foods for Health Promotion: Implications for Reducing Obesity

2005


Title: Functional Foods for Health Promotion: Implications for Reducing Obesity

Guest Editors: Pamela Anderson, PhD; John Milner, PhD

Journal:  Nutrition Today, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 112-118, May/June 2005; Vol 40, No. 4, pp. 165-172, July/August 2005

Supported by the ILSI North America Technical Committee on Food Components for Health Promotion
 
Abstract: Speakers provided fundamental insight into the characterization of the most important sites of action of bioactive food components and into how an individual's hereditary profile is a determinant of molecular events involved with the development of obesity.  Research gaps in our knowledge of the mechanism and the prevalence of obesity were identified.  Some highlights include:

  • Gut Peptide Signaling in Food Intake Control
  • Translation Regulation of Gene Expression by Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Implications for Cancer Prevention and Treatment
  • Low-carbohydrate Diets in the Treatment of Obesity
  • Increased Intake of Dairy Products Has Been Implicated in Reducing Body Weight and Fat Mass in Humans and in Animal Models
  • Statistical Genetics and Obesity: Dietary Implications

LIMITED COPIES AVAILABLE: A limited number of copies of the supplement are available.  Please contact Sharon Weiss (sweiss@ilsi.org) to request a FREE copy.