Fruit and Vegetables
Vol 8. Fruit and Vegetables
Published in January 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
387 pages
978-92-832-3008-3 (ISBN)
Description
One in ten cancers in western populations is due to an insufficient intake of fruit and vegetables - a finding that should encourage all organizations as well as governments to continue efforts to increase or maintain fruit and vegetable intake to improve nutrition to reduce the burden of cancer and other chronic diseases.
Fruits and vegetables have always been a major component of the human diet in most, though not all, parts of the world. Broadly defined, fruit and vegetables are those plant foods consumed by humans, excluding cereal grains, seeds and nuts. Eating fruit a
Fruits and vegetables have always been a major component of the human diet in most, though not all, parts of the world. Broadly defined, fruit and vegetables are those plant foods consumed by humans, excluding cereal grains, seeds and nuts. Eating fruit a
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Lyon
France
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
col. fig.
Numerous black and white and colour figures
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
907 gr
ISBN-13
978-92-832-3008-3 (9789283230083)
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