Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition, Healthy People World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics
Vol. 102
Series Editor
Artemis P. Simopoulos
The Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, Washington, D.C., USA
Advisory Board
L. Dade Lunsford Pittsburgh, Pa.
Regina C. Casper USA
Uri Goldbourt Israel
C. Gopalan India
Tomohito Hamazaki Japan
Federico Leighton Chile
Michel de Lorgeril France
Edwin C.M. Mariman The Netherlands
Victor A. Rogozkin Russia
Marjanne Senekal South Africa
Leonard Storlien Australia
Changhao Sun China
Antonio Velazquez Mexico
Mark L. Wahlqvist Australia
Paul Walter Switzerland
Bruce A. Watkins USA
Healthy Agriculture,
Healthy Nutrition,
Healthy People
Volume Editor
Artemis P. Simopoulos
The Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, Washington, D.C., USA
45 figures and 47 tables, 2011
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Artemis P. Simopoulos
The Center for Genetics
Nutrition and Health
Washington, D.C., USA
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World Council on Genetics, Nutrition, and Fitness for Health. Conference (2010: Archaia Olympia, Greece)
Healthy agriculture, healthy nutrition, healthy people / volume editor, Artemis P. Simopoulos.
p. ; cm. -- (World review of nutrition and dietetics, ISSN 0084-2230 ; v. 102)
Volume contains selected papers presented at the Inaugural Conference of the World Council on Genetic, Nutrition, and Fitness for Health, which took place in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on October 5-8, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-3-8055-9779-1 (hard cover: alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-3-8055-9780-7 (e-ISBN)
1. Nutrition--Congresses. 2. Environmental health--Congresses. 3. Agriculture--Congresses. I. Simopoulos, Artemis P., 1933- II. Title. III. Series: World review of nutrition and dietetics ; v. 102. 0084-2230
[DNLM: 1. Dietetics--methods--Congresses. 2. Exercise--physiology--Congresses. 3. Fatty Acids, Omega-3--physiology--Congresses. 4. Fatty Acids, Omega-6--physiology--Congresses. 5. Food Industry--trends--Congresses. 6. Nutritional Requirements--Congresses. WB 400]
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Contents
The World Council on Genetics, Nutrition and Fitness for Health Membership
Conference Sponsors
List of Contributors
Preface
Poems
Pinkerson, L.H. (Palatka, Fla.)
Action Plan for a Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition, Healthy People
Simopoulos, A.P. (Washington, D.C.); Faergeman, O. (Aarhus); Bourne, P.G. (Oxford)
Keynote
Keynote
Faergeman, O. (Aarhus)
Part I
Importance of the Omega-6/Omega-3 Balance in Health and Disease: Evolutionary Aspects of Diet
Simopoulos, A.P. (Washington, D.C.)
The Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio in Chronic Diseases: Animal Models and Molecular Aspects
Kang, J.X. (Boston, Mass.)
All PUFAs Are Not Created Equal: Absence of CHD Benefit Specific to Linoleic Acid in Randomized Controlled Trials and Prospective Observational Cohorts
Ramsden, C.E.; Hibbeln, J.R.; Majchrzak-Hong, S.F. (Bethesda, Md.)
Stress and Behavior: The Role of Nutrients with Emphasis on Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Pervanidou, P.; Chrousos, G.P. (Athens)
The Current Greek Diet and the Omega-6/Omega-3 Balance: The Mediterranean Diet Score Is Inversely Associated with the Omega-6/Omega-3 Ratio
Panagiotakos, D.B.; Kastorini, C.-M.; Pitsavos, C.; Stefanadis, C. (Athens)
The Chilean Diet and the Omega-6/Omega-3 Balance
Leighton, F.; Echeverria, G.; Urquiaga, I. (Santiago)
From the Swedish to the Mediterranean Diet and the Omega-6/Omega-3 Balance
Strandvik B. (Gothenburg/Stockholm); Chen, Y.; Dangardt, F.; Eriksson, S.; Friberg, P.; Garemo, M. (Gothenburg); Pickova, J. (Uppsala)
From French to Mediterranean Diet: Importance of the Omega-6/Omega-3 Fatty Acids Ratio
Elisha, B. (Montreal, Que.); Guebre-Egziabher, F.; Vidal, H. (Lyon); Bastard, J.-P. (Lyon/Paris); Laville, M. (Oullins); Rabasa-Lhoret, R. (Montreal, Que.)
Epidemiological Studies on Cognition and the Omega-6/Omega-3 Balance
FĂ©art, C.; Barberger-Gateau, P. (Bordeaux)
Diet and Mental Health: An Up-to-Date Analysis
Casper, R.C. (Stanford, Calif.)
The Okinawan Diet: A Modern View of an Ancestral Healthy Lifestyle
Salen, P.; de Lorgeril, M. (Grenoble)
New Cholesterol Guidelines for Longevity (2010)
Okuyama, H. (Nagoya); Hamazaki, T. (Sugitani); Ogush...