This Encyclopedia was designed with the overarching goal to collect together in a single resource the knowledge generated by this interdisciplinary field, highlighting the links between science and practice. In it, scholars, health care practitioners and the general public will find a wealth of information on topics such as physical activity, stress and health, smoking, pain management, social support and health, cardiovascular health, health promotion, and HIV/AIDS. This two-volume set includes more than 200 entries on topics covering all aspects of health and behavior. In addition, the Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior includes a comprehensive set of additional resources with entries on selected organizations and an appendix with a detailed annotated listing of such organizations as well as Web sites of interest.

First and foremost, 1 thank my father, Dennis Avery, for nurturing my inquisitive nature and encouraging me from an early age to pursue my love of science and the truth. He is the reason 1 have followed this career path and had so much fun in the process. 1 also thank my wife for her unflagging support and patience throughout the writing process, as well as her tough and wonderfully honest opinions as the manuscript progressed. 1 owe Anne and Alice for their editorial advice and administrative support. And finally, for all the wonderful farmers and farm families that 1 have met and gotten to know over the past 12 years, thank you for sharing your lives with me.

The world's population is ageing. Improvements in health care in the past century have contributed to people living longer and healthier lives. However, this has also resulted in an increase in the number of people with noncommunicable diseases, including dementia. Although dementia mainly affects older people, it is not a normal part of ageing. Dementia is a syndrome, usually of a chronic or progressive nature, caused by a variety of brain illnesses that affect memory, thinking, behaviour and ability to perform everyday activities. Dementia is devastating not only for the people who have it, but also for their caregivers and families. It is one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people worldwide. There is lack of awareness and understanding of dementia, at some level, in most countries, resulting in stigmatization, barriers to diagnosis and care, and impacting caregivers, families and societies physically, psychologically and economically. Dementia can no longer be neglected but should be considered a part of the public health agenda in all countries. The objective of this report is to raise awareness of dementia as a public health priority, to articulate a public health approach and to advocate for action at international and national levels based on the principles of inclusion, integration, equity and evidence.

Take control of your life and your health through what you eat with Healing Foods — an indispensable resource that shows you exactly what foods are best, and how to optimize their super-food potential. With more than 200 healing foods, from carrots to clementines, and 150 easy-to-prepare recipes that heal, Healing Foods empowers readers to practice optimum nutrition, and shows how certain foods can be incorporated into daily life to target specific health issues.

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The use of nuts and seeds to improve Human nutritional status has proven successful for a variety of conditions including in the treatment of high cholesterol, reduced risk of Type-2 Diabetes, and weight control. This complete guide to the health benefits of nuts and seeds is the only single-source scientific reference to explore the specific factors that contribute to these potential health benefits, as well as discussing how to maximize those potential benefits.

In this book I wanted to counter the common opinion that organic farming and food is inherently interesting or has only come to prominence because of geopolitics, a decline in rationality in our society or an increasing self-interestedness by consumers or the greed of supermarkets. Organic food and farming are part of our societal discussions because an assembly of people have put it there through their own actions. By understanding the way in which the organic movement operates as a movement operates, the history of its ideas and the networks through it has developed it becomes clearer that the prominence of the organic movement is a considerable achievement. It also begs the questions as to why is has not been more successful, and how it might be so. In making this argument I present evidence that will be uncomfortable for some in the movement, particularly around the history of the early years. Yet for those opposed to the organic movement it also poses the question of having to explain why the organic movement persists. Many groups and people criticise the status quo, few have a working replacement waiting in the wings to be introduced. The organic movement may not have all the answers, but it is posing important questions and has an alternative to hand. In a time looking toward a crisis in the continuity and supply of food, that must command our attention. The research and thinking on which this book draws spans a decade so the thanks are wide ranging, but I would like to thank Peter Jowers, Harry Rothman, Dave Green and Alan Greer who were, or are still, at the University of West of England. At Exeter University Matt Lobley, Allan Butler and Mike Winter. For my brief but important time at the Open University special thanks are to due to Guy Cook for his encouragement and example. All of my colleagues at the Countryside and Community Research Institute have been, as they always are, an unfailingly supportive team, but particular thanks to Nigel Curry, James Kirwan and Paul Courtney. Thanks as well to Tim Hardwick and all the team at Earthscan for all their guidance, I’m still marvelling that I am an Earthscan author and many thanks to Carol Morris and the two anonymous referees for their constructive comments. I am blessed with a family who stand behind me without whom none of this would be possible and who have never shirked from encouraging me during the decade of research that stands behind this book. They inspired all that follows which is right all that errs belongs solely to me.

Curry is one of the most widely used—and misused—terms in the culinary lexicon. Outside of India, the word curry is often used as a catchall to describe any Indian dish or Indian food in general, yet Indians rarely use it to describe their own cuisine. Curry answers the question, “What is curry?” by giving a lively historical and descriptive account of a dish that has many incarnations. In this global history, food writer Colleen Taylor Sen describes in detail the Anglo-Indian origins of curry and how this widely used spice has been adapted throughout the world. Exploring the curry universe beyond India and Great Britain, her chronicles include the elegant, complex curries of Thailand; the exuberant curry/rotis of the Caribbean; kari/raisu, Japan’s favorite comfort food; Indonesian gulais and rendang; Malaysia’s delicious Nonya cuisine; and exotic Western hybrids such as American curried chicken salad, German currywurst, and Punjabi-Mexican-Hindu pizza. Along the way, Sen unravels common myths about curry and Indian food and illuminates the world of curry with excerpts from popular songs, literary works, historical and modern recipes, and illustrations depicting curry dishes and their preparations.

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