Erkekoglu P., Kocer-Gumusel B. (Eds.) Nutritional Deficiency

ExLi4EvA, 2016. — 199 p. — ISBN: 9535124382 9535124374.The main aim of this book is to determine the relationships between nutritional status and general health. This book will widen the knowledge store of the readers on the effects of nutrition on general health, how nutritional deficiencies arise when there is a health problem, and how the nutritional status affects susceptible populations.
The authors, who are contributing to the book, particularly focused on iron, vitamin D, and zinc deficiencies, which are global health problems. Besides, some chapters mention the impact of different nutritional deficiencies in susceptible periods of life, such as pregnancy and elderly. Besides, as a result of these deficiencies, different health conditions, such as depression, anemia, loss of neuronal plasticity, and cancer, are widely scrutinized in the book.
One chapter mainly focuses on the effects of disasters on nutrition and disaster-caused malnutrition in underdeveloped countries.Zinc Deficiency and Depression
Zinc Deficiency
Zinc: What Is Its Role in Lung Cancer?
Iron Nutrition, Oxidative Stress, and Pathogen Defense
An Integrated Approach to Iron Deficiency Anemia
Anemia During Pregnancy
Malaria, Schistosomiasis, and Related Anemia
Redox Homeostasis in Neural Plasticity and the Aged Brain
Vitamin D Deficiency
Cancer Treatment and Nutritional Deficiencies