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BOOKS No book can provide up-to-date information on food regulations; however, the reader is instructed on how to acquire the latest information. This book will be extremely helpful to the beginner: the food scientist who is learning to deal with the federal regulatory agencies in the food field as well as the nutrition educator or consumer who wishes to become involved in influencing or advocating particular regulations, policies, or rules. Professionals who deal with these agencies on a regular basis will find little that is new in this volume. Ann L. Burroughs, Dr. P.H., Regional
and Program Director, California Cooperative Extension, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. SPECIAL DIET
The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise, Pritikin, N., and P. M. McGrady, Jr., 1979. From Grosset & Dunlap, 51 Madison Ave., New York, NY WOW, 425 pp., $12.95. The diet under discussion is described as "the most important step taken by nutritional science." This will come as news to most nutritional scientists and medical historians-and the authors appear to be none of these. This book is another of the succession of books which lean heavily on only one dietary component while excoriating the rest. In this case the villain is fat-in any visible form. The authors are comfortable with the claims that the diet can prevent heart disease and possibly cancer. This reviewer is not. Actually, only 76 pages of this book (18070) are devoted to the "program." There are short chapters relating to fat, protein, carbohydrate, and fiber, each ending in a questionand-answer section which is set up to corroborate the undocumented data presented. The nutritional misinformation presented cannot be answered in a short review. The only dietary component which comes off well is complex carbohydrate. The gist of the system is high fiber, practically no fat, low protein, and exercise. The authors present values for serum lipids and glucose levels of adherents to the program, but without data on numbers of patients or standard errors these data are meaningless. The recent data on the dramatic decline of coronary disease in the United States raises doubts about the dangers of our 30
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diet, which has changed relatively little. Weight loss is best accomplished by reduction of caloric intake, but we need foods of sufficient variety to provide the proper macronutrients, minerals, and vitamins. The bulk of the book - 242 pages, or 57% - is devoted to recipes which appear to be interesting and useful. The same cannot be said for the other 43 % of the volume.
and provide avenues for exploration by the readers.
Janice Dodds, R.D., Ed. D., Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
RECEIVED
David Kritchevsky, Ph.D., Associate Birth Defects Compendium, 2d ed., Bergsma, D., ed., for National Foundation-March of Director, Wistar Institute of Anatomy Dimes, 1979. From Alan R. Liss, 150 Fifth and Biology, 36th and Spruce Streets, Ave., New York, NY 10011; 1,183 pp., $50. Philadelphia, PA 19104. Breast Feeding, the biological option, Ebrahim,
WORLD FOOD
Nutrition and the World Food Crisis, Caliendo, M. A., 1979. From Macmillan Publishing Co., 866 Third Ave., New York, NY W022 , 368 pp., softcover, $7.95. This resource book on the world food crisis leads the reader to ask the questions that follow awareness of the world food problem. Following an introduction, a review of the consequences of inadequate nutrient intake, and the procedure to define nutrition problems, the author enumerates the resources required for food production. The issues of population growth, infant feeding, and social and cultural values related to food are discussed. The book concludes with chapters on nutrition education and nutrition intervention, planning, and policy. The chapters on food production, distribution, and purchasing power are a helpful compilation of economic terms and principles applied to food supply. They lay the groundwork for sophistication in national and global nutrition planning. The role of national trade decisions, marketing systems, and price policies in the nutritional well-being of a nation becomes understandable to the novice. The book reflects a U.S. perspective: F AO/WHO nutrient requirements are omitted, and food plans are discussed using U.S. examples exclusively. The chapters on nutrition education and social and cultural values are primarily theoretical, providing little new direction or crystallized thinking. The book is recommended to teachers and college level students for a practical resource on the world food situation. High school teachers will find it helpful in selecting topics and developing content for this subject. The bibliographies are varied
G. J., 1978. From Teaching Aids at Low Cost, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St., London, WCIN IEH, 86 pp., £1.25. Health Education Planning, A diagnostic approach, Green, L. W., M. W. Kreuter, S. G. Deeds, and K. B. Partridge, 1980. From Mayfield Publishing Co., 285 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, 306 pp., $15.95. It Started In Eden, How the plant-hunters and the plants they found changed the course of history, Dodge, B. S., 1979. From McGrawHill Book Co., 1221 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10020,288 pp., $9.95. The Joy of Breastjeeding, 2d ed., Salmon, M. B., 1979. From Techkits, Box 105, Demarest, NJ 07627, 164 pp., hardcover, $8.95; softcover, $5.95. Microbiology of Foods, Ayres, J. C., J. O. Mundt, and W. E. Sandine, 1979. From W. H. Freeman & Co., 660 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94104, 707 pp., $19.95. Nitrates: An environmental assessment, A report prepared by the Panel on Nitrates of the CoordinatIng Committee for Scientific and Technical Assessments of Environmental Pollutants. NatIonal Research Council, Environmental Studies Board, Commission on Natural Resources, 1978. From National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418, 723 pp., softcover, $15.95. The Nutritional Value of Indigenous Wild Plants: An annotated biblIOgraphy, Robson, J. R. K., and J. N. Elias, 1978. From Whitston Publishing Co., Box 322, Troy, NY 12181,232 pp., $18.50. Obesity and Its Management, 3d ed., Craddock, D., 1978. From Longman, 19 W. 44th St., New York, NY 10036, 194 pp., softcover, $13.75. SolutIOn of NulrttlOnal Problems: The contribution of producers, distributors, and nutritionists (Symposium), Somogyi, J. C., ed., 1979. From Albert J. Phiebig, Box 352, White Plains, NY 10602,225 pp., softcover, $94.50. Sugar: SCience and technology (Symposium), Birch, G. G., and K. J. Parker, eds., 1979. From Update Publishing International, 44 Engle St., Englewood, NJ 07631, 475 pp., $80. Xylitol (Symposium), Counsell, J. N., ed., 1978. From Update Publishing International, 44 Engle St., Englewood, NJ 07631,191 pp., $33. VOLUME
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and Program Director, California Cooperative Extension, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. SPECIAL DIET
The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise, Pritikin, N., and P. M. McGrady, Jr., 1979. From Grosset & Dunlap, 51 Madison Ave., New York, NY WOW, 425 pp., $12.95. The diet under discussion is described as "the most important step taken by nutritional science." This will come as news to most nutritional scientists and medical historians-and the authors appear to be none of these. This book is another of the succession of books which lean heavily on only one dietary component while excoriating the rest. In this case the villain is fat-in any visible form. The authors are comfortable with the claims that the diet can prevent heart disease and possibly cancer. This reviewer is not. Actually, only 76 pages of this book (18070) are devoted to the "program." There are short chapters relating to fat, protein, carbohydrate, and fiber, each ending in a questionand-answer section which is set up to corroborate the undocumented data presented. The nutritional misinformation presented cannot be answered in a short review. The only dietary component which comes off well is complex carbohydrate. The gist of the system is high fiber, practically no fat, low protein, and exercise. The authors present values for serum lipids and glucose levels of adherents to the program, but without data on numbers of patients or standard errors these data are meaningless. The recent data on the dramatic decline of coronary disease in the United States raises doubts about the dangers of our 30
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diet, which has changed relatively little. Weight loss is best accomplished by reduction of caloric intake, but we need foods of sufficient variety to provide the proper macronutrients, minerals, and vitamins. The bulk of the book - 242 pages, or 57% - is devoted to recipes which appear to be interesting and useful. The same cannot be said for the other 43 % of the volume.
and provide avenues for exploration by the readers.
Janice Dodds, R.D., Ed. D., Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
RECEIVED
David Kritchevsky, Ph.D., Associate Birth Defects Compendium, 2d ed., Bergsma, D., ed., for National Foundation-March of Director, Wistar Institute of Anatomy Dimes, 1979. From Alan R. Liss, 150 Fifth and Biology, 36th and Spruce Streets, Ave., New York, NY 10011; 1,183 pp., $50. Philadelphia, PA 19104. Breast Feeding, the biological option, Ebrahim,
WORLD FOOD
Nutrition and the World Food Crisis, Caliendo, M. A., 1979. From Macmillan Publishing Co., 866 Third Ave., New York, NY W022 , 368 pp., softcover, $7.95. This resource book on the world food crisis leads the reader to ask the questions that follow awareness of the world food problem. Following an introduction, a review of the consequences of inadequate nutrient intake, and the procedure to define nutrition problems, the author enumerates the resources required for food production. The issues of population growth, infant feeding, and social and cultural values related to food are discussed. The book concludes with chapters on nutrition education and nutrition intervention, planning, and policy. The chapters on food production, distribution, and purchasing power are a helpful compilation of economic terms and principles applied to food supply. They lay the groundwork for sophistication in national and global nutrition planning. The role of national trade decisions, marketing systems, and price policies in the nutritional well-being of a nation becomes understandable to the novice. The book reflects a U.S. perspective: F AO/WHO nutrient requirements are omitted, and food plans are discussed using U.S. examples exclusively. The chapters on nutrition education and social and cultural values are primarily theoretical, providing little new direction or crystallized thinking. The book is recommended to teachers and college level students for a practical resource on the world food situation. High school teachers will find it helpful in selecting topics and developing content for this subject. The bibliographies are varied
G. J., 1978. From Teaching Aids at Low Cost, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St., London, WCIN IEH, 86 pp., £1.25. Health Education Planning, A diagnostic approach, Green, L. W., M. W. Kreuter, S. G. Deeds, and K. B. Partridge, 1980. From Mayfield Publishing Co., 285 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, 306 pp., $15.95. It Started In Eden, How the plant-hunters and the plants they found changed the course of history, Dodge, B. S., 1979. From McGrawHill Book Co., 1221 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10020,288 pp., $9.95. The Joy of Breastjeeding, 2d ed., Salmon, M. B., 1979. From Techkits, Box 105, Demarest, NJ 07627, 164 pp., hardcover, $8.95; softcover, $5.95. Microbiology of Foods, Ayres, J. C., J. O. Mundt, and W. E. Sandine, 1979. From W. H. Freeman & Co., 660 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94104, 707 pp., $19.95. Nitrates: An environmental assessment, A report prepared by the Panel on Nitrates of the CoordinatIng Committee for Scientific and Technical Assessments of Environmental Pollutants. NatIonal Research Council, Environmental Studies Board, Commission on Natural Resources, 1978. From National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418, 723 pp., softcover, $15.95. The Nutritional Value of Indigenous Wild Plants: An annotated biblIOgraphy, Robson, J. R. K., and J. N. Elias, 1978. From Whitston Publishing Co., Box 322, Troy, NY 12181,232 pp., $18.50. Obesity and Its Management, 3d ed., Craddock, D., 1978. From Longman, 19 W. 44th St., New York, NY 10036, 194 pp., softcover, $13.75. SolutIOn of NulrttlOnal Problems: The contribution of producers, distributors, and nutritionists (Symposium), Somogyi, J. C., ed., 1979. From Albert J. Phiebig, Box 352, White Plains, NY 10602,225 pp., softcover, $94.50. Sugar: SCience and technology (Symposium), Birch, G. G., and K. J. Parker, eds., 1979. From Update Publishing International, 44 Engle St., Englewood, NJ 07631, 475 pp., $80. Xylitol (Symposium), Counsell, J. N., ed., 1978. From Update Publishing International, 44 Engle St., Englewood, NJ 07631,191 pp., $33. VOLUME
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