Cancer Prevention and Management Through Exercise and Weight Control

McTiernan A, ed. Boca Raton, FL 33487, CRC Press, 2006, hardcover, 608 pp, illus, ISBN: 1-57444-907-9, $139.95. This book is the fifth in a series of titles that address various topics in nutrition and disease prevention. This multi-authored book is a collection of 35 chapters organized into 8 sections, each covering different aspects of the complex relationships among body weight, physical activity, cancer incidence, and cancer prognosis. Although there is general agreement that up to a third of all cancer deaths could be prevented by changing dietary habits, avoiding weight gain, and adopting a more active lifestyle, the complex relationships between these factors are just beginning to be determined. Each chapter provides a short review and summary of research studies that have addressed a variety of methodological, epidemiological, experimental, and clinical issues related to the prevention and management of different cancers through physical activity and body-weight management. The first section of the book consists of 3 …