Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Obesity and Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Review of Population Based Studies
(Jung-Su Chang, Eddy Owaga, Joseph Jordan Keller and Chyi-Huey Bai, School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan, and others)
Chapter 2 Determinants of Zinc Transport in Humans: Zinc Status, Exercise, Inflammation and Chronic Diseases
(Anna Chu, Meika Foster and Samir Samman, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, New Zealand, and others)
Chapter 3 Protein Supplementation and Athlete Performance
(Jay R. Hoffman, Jeffrey R. Stout and Daniel S. Moran, Institute of Exercise Physiology and Wellness, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA, and others)
Chapter 4 Efficacy and Safety of Guanidinoacetic Acid Supplementation in Healthy Men and Women
(Sergej M. Ostojic and Marko Stojanovic, Center for Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 5 Supplementation with Methyl Donors during Guanidinoacetic Acid Loading in Humans
(Sergej M. Ostojic, Marko Stojanovic and Patrik Drid, Center for Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 6 New Forms of Creatine in Human Nutrition
(Milan B. Vranes and Snezana Papovic, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia)
Chapter 7 The Impact of Human Intervention Studies on the Evaluation of Medicinal Plant Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities
(Diana Ivanova, Milka Nashar, Yoana Kiselova-Kaneva, Oskan Tasinov, Deyana Vankova and Neshe Nazifova-Tasinova, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine and Nutrigenomics, Medical University “Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov”, Varna, Bulgaria)
Chapter 8 The Role of Edible Wild Plants in Human Nutrition: Ethnobotanical Uses and Nutritional Properties. The Case Study of Umbria, Central Italy
(Mara Bodesmo, Angela Maurizi, Isabella Di Leonardo and Aldo Ranfa, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale, University of Perugia, Italy, and others)
Chapter 9 Factors Influencing Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Adolescents
(Hala Hazam Al-Otaibi, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Community Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Food Science, King Faisal University, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia)
Chapter 10 A New Perspective in Physical Inactivity Related Mechanisms of Muscle Mass Loss
(Boštjan Šimuniè and Rado Pišot, Science and Research Centre, Institute for Kinesiology Research, University of Primorska Koper, Slovenia)
Index