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Encyclopedia of Food and Health

  • 1st Edition - August 26, 2015
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Benjamin Caballero, Paul Finglas, Fidel Toldra
  • Language: English

The Encyclopedia of Food and Health, Five Volume Set provides users with a solid bridge of current and accurate information spanning food production and processing, from distribut… Read more

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Description

The Encyclopedia of Food and Health, Five Volume Set provides users with a solid bridge of current and accurate information spanning food production and processing, from distribution and consumption to health effects. The Encyclopedia comprises five volumes, each containing comprehensive, thorough coverage, and a writing style that is succinct and straightforward. Users will find this to be a meticulously organized resource of the best available summary and conclusions on each topic. Written from a truly international perspective, and covering of all areas of food science and health in over 550 articles, with extensive cross-referencing and further reading at the end of each chapter, this updated encyclopedia is an invaluable resource for both research and educational needs.

Key features

  • Identifies the essential nutrients and how to avoid their deficiencies
  • Explores the use of diet to reduce disease risk and optimize health
  • Compiles methods for detection and quantitation of food constituents, food additives and nutrients, and contaminants
  • Contains coverage of all areas of food science and health in nearly 700 articles, with extensive cross-referencing and further reading at the end of each chapter

Readership

Food scientists and technologists, nutritionists, dieticians, food manufacturers, public health researchers, and government agencies.

Table of contents

1 Acesulphame/Acesultame

2 Acidophilus milk

3 Acids

Review quotes

"...covers a lot of territory, but only in small sound bites and in a very basic manner…an excellent tool for the intended audience of scientists and science writers. Score: 72 - 3 Stars"—Doody's

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 26, 2015
  • Language: English

About the editors

BC

Benjamin Caballero

Professor Benjamin Caballero has over 20 years of experience as a scholar, researcher and leader in the area of child health and nutrition. He obtained his MD from the University of Buenos Aires and his PhD (in neuroendocrine regulation) from MIT. He started his faculty career at Harvard Medical School and moved to Johns Hopkins in 1990 to found the Center for Human Nutrition. Dr. Caballero is a recognized expert on the nutritional needs of children and adults, and on nutrient requirements in undernourished populations. He has focused on the problem of childhood obesity in the US and in developing countries and explored the impact of dietary transition and globalization on health indicators. He is an active participant in key scientific committees advising the US government on issues of diet and health. Dr. Caballero is an active leader in the area of global health, specifically on diet, lifestyle and disease risk. Awards include the Ancel Keys Prize for achievements in international public health.
Affiliations and expertise
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E2547, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

PF

Paul Finglas

Paul Finglas, Head of the Food Databanks National Capability and Research Leader in Food and Health, Institute of Food Research, UK

FT

Fidel Toldra

Professor Fidel Toldrá is Research Professor at the Instituto de Agrpquimica y Tecnologia de Alimentos, CSIC in Valencia (Spain) where he leaders the group on Protein Foods. He was a Fulbright postdoctoral scholar at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana, 1985-86) and visiting scientist at the University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin, 1991 and 1995), and the Institute of Food Research (Bristol, UK, 1987). He is Editor-in-Chief of Trends in Food Science & Technology, Associate Editor of Meat Science and Editor of book serial Advances in Food and Nutrition Research. He has published >365 manuscripts, with h index 74, and has filed 11 patents. He is a member of the Editorial Board of 16 scientific journals including Food Chemistry, Current Opinion in Food Science, Journal of Food Engineering, Food Analytical Methods, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Food Science & Human Wellness, among other. He is author of 2 books, 163 book chapters, and edited 63 books, being Editor of the 8th and 9th editions of Lawrie´s Meat Science book (Elsevier) and an Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Food and Health (2015, Academic Press/Elsevier). He received the 2001 Institute Danone Award to the best Scientific Trajectory, 2002 International Prize for Meat Science and Technology, 2010 Distinguished Research Award, 2014 Meat Processing Award and 2023 International Lectureship Award, all 3 from the American Meat Science Association, 2015 Dupont Science Award, 2019 Innovation Award of the Spanish Association of Meat Industry and 2019 Award on Advancement of Agricultural and Food Chemistry of the American Chemical Society (ACS). He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFOST), Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Fellow of the Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society and Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials. Prof. Toldrá served at Panels on Food Additives and on Flavorings, Enzymes, Processing aids and Food contact materials of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA, 2003-15) and was Chairman of the Working groups on Irradiation (2009-10), Processing Aids (2011-14) and Enzymes (2010-15). In 2008-09 he joined the FAO/WHO group of experts to evaluate chlorine-based disinfectants in the processing of foods.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, Instituto de Agroquimica y Tecnologia de Alimentos (CSIC), Spanish National Research Council, Paterna (Valencia), Spain

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