The Role of Obesity in Cancer Survival and Recurrence: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309253345, 9780309253338

Obesity and Cancer 9789811618451, 9789811618468

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Leveraging Food Technology for Obesity Prevention and Reduction Efforts: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309212625, 9780309212618

Obesity is a major public health challenge. More than one-third of the U.S. adult population is considered obese, a figu

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Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century : Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309269469, 9780309269445

Rising health care costs are a central fiscal challenge confronting the United States. National spending on health care

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The Role of Clinical Studies for Pets with Naturally Occurring Tumors in Translational Cancer Research: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309379915, 9780309379908

Traditional preclinical mouse models of cancer have been very useful for studying the biology of cancer, however they of

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Cross-Sector Responses to Obesity: Models for Change: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309371063, 9780309371056

Obesity affects 17 percent of children and adolescents and almost 36 percent of adults in the United States. Conservativ

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The Role and Potential of Communities in Population Health Improvement: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309312073, 9780309312066

"The Role and Potential of Communuties in Population Health Improvement" is the summary of a workshop held by

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Comprehensive Cancer Care for Children and Their Families: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the American Cancer Society [1 ed.] 9780309374422, 9780309374415

Childhood cancer is an area of oncology that has seen both remarkable progress as well as substantial continuing challen

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Nutrition Education in the K-12 Curriculum: The Role of National Standards: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309287203, 9780309287197

The childhood obesity epidemic and related health consequences are urgent public health problems. Approximately one-thir

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Examining a Developmental Approach to Childhood Obesity: The Fetal and Early Childhood Years: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309376969, 9780309376952

Recent scientific evidence points to the origins of childhood obesity as an outcome of the dynamic interplay of genetic,

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Contemporary Issues for Protecting Patients in Cancer Research: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309306676, 9780309306669

In the nearly 40 years since implementation of federal regulations governing the protection of human participants in res

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