British Nutrition Taskforce Report on Cardiovascular Disease launched 12’April 2005

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(2005), "British Nutrition Taskforce Report on Cardiovascular Disease launched 12’April 2005", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 35 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs.2005.01735eac.005

British Nutrition Taskforce Report on Cardiovascular Disease launched 12’April 2005

British Nutrition Taskforce Report on Cardiovascular Disease launched 12’April 2005

The new taskforce report has been launched and while it primarily covers CVD it also considers obesity and its effect on CVD risk.

The BNF report on obesity is one of the most comprehensive publications on the topic and it is called The Task Force Report, and was originally published in 1999.

Obesity (1999, 258 pp; reprinted 2003). Contents include: Health risks of obesity, clinical assessment, epidemiology, aetiology, genetics, critical periods for obesity development, metabolic factors, macronutrient balance, physiological aspects of appetite control, endocrine causes, psychological factors, food preferences, impact of the economic environment and weight variation, prevention, treatment (including physical activity and exercise).

The website (www.nutrition.org.uk) provides a detailed overview about what these reports include.