Healthful eating as lifestyle (HEAL): integrative prevention for non-communicable diseases

291 Pages·2017·9.61 MB·English

by  Shirin Anil

Healthful Eating
As Lifestyle
(HEAL)
Integrative Prevention for
Non-Communicable Diseases

Healthful Eating
As Lifestyle
(HEAL)
Integrative Prevention for
Non-Communicable Diseases
Edited by
Shirin Anil
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Names: Anil, Shirin, editor.
Title: Healthful eating as lifestyle (HEAL) : integrative prevention for
non-communicable diseases / edited by Shirin Anil.
Other titles: HEAL
Description: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016028349| ISBN 9781498748681 (hardback : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781315368511 (ebook)
Subjects: | MESH: Diet Therapy | Chronic Disease--prevention & control |
Attitude to Health | Life Style
Classification: LCC RM216 | NLM WB 400 | DDC 615.8/54--dc23
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Dedicated to His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan—the founder
and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, my idol
and inspiration to bring about a positive change and improve the
quality of lives for all humans. This is my humble contribution, like
a star in the galaxy of your work impacting the lives of millions.

Contents
Editor ........................................................................................................................ix
Contributors ..............................................................................................................xi
Chapter 1 HEAL for Non-Communicable Diseases .............................................1
Shirin Anil
Chapter 2 HEAL for Hypertension .....................................................................27
Saman Tahir, Sara Habib, and Romaina Iqbal
Chapter 3 HEAL for Obesity ..............................................................................49
Ayesha Salem Al Dhaheri and Leila Cheikh Ismail
Chapter 4 HEAL for Hyperlipidemia .................................................................71
Bart Kay
Chapter 5 HEAL for Diabetes ............................................................................89
Chunling Wang, Zhizhong Dong, Zhe Yi, Jian Ying, and
Geng Zhang
Chapter 6 HEAL for Heart Diseases ................................................................115
Ioanna Bakogianni, Dimitra Karageorgou, Muna Ibrahim
Atalla Al Baloushi, and Antonis Zampelas
Chapter 7 HEAL for Stroke ..............................................................................141
Claudia Stefani Marcilio, Antonio Cordeiro Mattos, Gustavo
B.F. Oliveira, and Alvaro Avezum
Chapter 8 HEAL for Asthma ............................................................................159
Zaid Kajani, Sivakumar Sudhakaran, and Salim Surani
Chapter 9 HEAL for Cancers ...........................................................................179
Shirin Anil and Redhwan Al Naggar
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Chapter 10 HEAL for Mental Health Issues .......................................................203
Karen M. Davison, Ann S. Hatcher, and David Benton
Chapter 11 HEAL and Physical Activity ............................................................231
Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Vaidya Ruchi, Vasudevan Sudha,
Unnikrishnan Ranjit, and Rajendra Pradeepa
Chapter 12 HEAL and Smoking Cessation ........................................................247
Shirin Anil and Redhwan Al Naggar
Index ......................................................................................................................267
Editor
Shirin Anil, MBBS, MSc, is a medical doctor, an
epidemiologist and biostatistician, and an Endeavour
Executive Fellow in nutritional epidemiology, with
extensive experience in the fields of global health,
nutrition, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), infec-
tious diseases, and mother and child health in devel-
oped and developing countries. She has conducted and
presented more than 50 research projects in Australia,
the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, France,
China, Pakistan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and the
United Arab Emirates, with publications in peer-reviewed journals including Lancet,
BMC Gastroenterology, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, the British Journal of
Surgery, Frontiers of Medicine, Global Health Action, and the Journal of Human
Hypertension. Her major projects include project LIFE (Lifestyle Interventions For
Eradication of NCDs), a community-led intervention for the control of diabetes, obe-
sity, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia, dietary patterns associated with high
blood pressure, smoking in the general population, preventive medicine education
for chronic diseases, complementary and alternative medicine in cancer patients,
the association of artificial night light and cancer in 158 countries globally, factors
associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatocellular cancer, nutrition in
celiac disease in children, randomized control trials for the early screening and man-
agement of diabetes, hypertension, chronic respiratory diseases, and early childhood
development interventions in primary health-care settings.
Dr. Anil manages the Victorian Congenital Anomalies Register, with more than
3,000 notifications of congenital anomalies in over 75,000 births per year at the
Department of Health and Human Services in Victoria, Australia. She is a consulting
epidemiologist and statistician at the Association for Social Development, Pakistan.
In an honorary capacity, she serves on the True Health Initiative Council, a coali-
tion of more than 250 global health experts from 30 countries, and also as the team
leader for NCD prevention and control at the Aga Khan Development Network (a
community health team) in Australia and the UAE. Dr. Anil is also a reviewer of
many journals, including the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, SAGE
Open Medicine, the Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, the Journal of Patient
Safety, and the Journal of Royal Society of Medicine. She is on the editorial board of
MOJ Public Health, and was an advisor to the editorial board for the International
Journal of Medical Students and a regional advisor for Lancet Student.
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