About the Book
Section A. Introduction - Behavioral aspects of eating: 21st Century Dietary Fats Chapter 1 Western Diet and Behavior: The Columbus Concept Agnieszka Wilczy?ska-Kwiatek, PhD, Fabien De Meester, PhD, Ram B Singh, and ?ukasz ?api?ski Chapter 2 The social context of dietary behaviors: The role of social relationships and support on dietary fat and fiber intake Anish R. Dube MD and Cassandra A. Stanton, Ph.D. Chapter 3 Social class, food intakes and risk of coronary artery disease in the developing world: the Asian paradox. Ram B Singh, S S Rastogi, RK Goyal, S Vajpayee, Jan Fedacko, Daniel Pella, and Fabien De Meester PhD Chapter 4 Social, Cultural Economical and practical factors Simin B. Vaghefi, PhD, CNS, LNutr., Julia Watkins, PhD, associate Professor, and Karri Brown, Graduate Student, Section B. Fats, Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Chapter 5 Dietary fat intake: promotion of disease in Carotid Artery Disease: Lipid Lowering vs Side Effects of Statins Rakesh Sharma, Ram B Singh, Jose Katz Chapter 6 Leptin and obesity: Role in cardiac structure and dysfunction. Sherma Zibadi, MD, PhD, Douglas F. Larson, PhD and Ronald Ross Watson, PhD Chapter 7 Cardiac structural and functional changes in genetically modified models of obesity Felina Cordova, B.S., MPH, Sherma Zibadi, MD, PhD, Douglas F. Larson, PhD, Ronald Ross Watson, PhD. Chapter 8 Fat-modified dairy products and blood lipids in humans Prof. Dr. Gerhard Jahreis, and Christin Hengst Chapter 9 Modified milk fat reduces plasma triacylglycerol concentrations: Health and disease effects. Hélène Jacques, PhD, DtP, Nadine Leblanc, and Nathalie Bergeron Chapter 10 Dietary supplements, cholesterol and Cardiovascular disease. Hannah R. Vasanthi, Nesrin Kartal-Özer, Angelo Azzi, and Dipak K. Das, PhD, ScD, FAHA Section C: Fats and Cholesterol Chapter 11 Partially hydrogenated fats in the US diet and their role in disease James J. Gormley, and Vijaya Juturu Chapter12 Fatty acid ratios in free living and domestic animals Michael A. Crawford PhD, CBiol, FIBiol, FRCPath, Wang Y, Lehane C and Ghebremeskel K Chapter 13 Is Saturated Fat Bad? Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD, Chapter 14 Alteration of Human Body Composition and Tumorigenesis by Isomers of Conjugated Linoleic Acid Nirvair S. Kelley, Neil E. Hubbard, and Kent L. Erickson, Chapter 15 Recent Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Trials: New Data, New Questions Michel de Lorgeril, MD Section D. Contaminants in Fats and Oils: Role in Illness Chapter 16 Ill health effects of food lipids: Consequences of inadequate food processing, storage and cooking. Peter Surai, PhD, and V.I. Fisinin Chapter 17 Nutrition-toxicological dilemma on fish consumption. Isabelle Sioen, Stefaan De Henauw, and Johan Van Camp Chapter 18 Anthropogenic and naturally-produced contaminants in fish oil: Role in ill-health. Adrian Covaci, PhD, and Alin C. Dirtu, Chapter 19 Mycotoxins in human diet: a hidden danger. Peter Surai, PhD, Miklos Mezes, T. I. Fotina, and S. D. Denev Section E. Fat Induced Disease and Ill-health Chapter 20 Insulin Resistance and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Induced by Conjugated Linoleic Acid in Humans Madhuri Vemuri, and Darshan S. Kelley, Chapter 21 The role of dietary fat in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes Betsy Dokken, PhD, NP, and Jackie Boucher, M.S., R.D. Chapter 22 Do modern Western diets play a role in myalgic encephalomyelitis? Basant K Puri, MA, PhD, MB, BChir, BSc (Hons) MathSci, MRCPsych, DipStat, PG Cert Maths, MMath Chapter 23 The role of modern Western diets in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Basant K Puri, MA, PhD, MB, BChir, BSc (Hons) MathSci, MRCPsych, DipStat, PG Cert Maths, MMath Section F. Dietary and pharmaceutical approaches to medicate fat-induced disease and ill-health Chapter 24 Strategies to modify school-based foods to lower obesity and disease risk John B. Bartholomew, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Grad