This comprehensive reference covers details from basic nutrition to genetics, to herbs, to specific disorders including osteoporosis, arthritis, depression, Parkinson's, obesity, diabetes, and colon and breast cancer. Topics Include: - Diet assessment methodologies - Strategies for diet modification - Clinical status of herbals, botanicals, and modified food products - Preventing common diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and breast cancer through nutrition - Importance of genetic factors - Cultural and socio-economic influences on eating and exercise behaviours and integrating that knowledge with biological or functional markers of disease