Fruit and Vegetables (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789283230083)

This handbook shows that approximately 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 as an important objective of programs to improve nutrition to reduce the burden of cancer and other chronic diseases.

The clearest evidence of a cancer-protective effect of eating more fruits is for stomach and esophageal cancers. Similarly, a higher intake of vegetables probably reduces the incidence of cancer of esophagus and colon-rectum. Fruit and vegetables contain many nutrients; they also contain other bioactive compounds that may influence many aspects of human biology and related disease processes.


Author: The International Agency for Research on
ISBN-10: 9283230086
ISBN-13: 9789283230083
Publisher: World Health Organization
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2003
Pages: 387
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.40h x 8.30w x 0.70d