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This exhaustive presentation of the findings from the China Study conclusively demonstrates the link between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Referred to as the "Grand Prix of epidemiology" by The New York Times, this study examines more than 350 variables of health and nutrition with surveys from 6,500 adults in 65 counties, representing 2,500 counties across rural China and Taiwan. While revealing that proper nutrition can have a dramatic effect on reducing and reversing these ailments as well as obesity, this text calls into question the practices of many of the current dietary programs, such as the Atkins diet, that enjoy widespread popularity in the West. The impact of the politics of nutrition and the efforts of special interest groups on the creation and dissemination of public information on nutrition are also discussed.



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Thomas M. Campbell II

Dr. Campbell is a board-certified family physician and a certified diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. He is the medical director of the Highland Weight Management & Lifestyle Center at the University of Rochester, where he has worked with many hundreds of individuals as well as groups to prevent and treat chronic conditions by changing their diet and lifestyle. He also maintains an active primary care practice. He helps direct a research program investigating the effect of plant-based nutrition on various chronic diseases. In this effort, he is principal investigator for a pilot study of the feasibility of making comprehensive dietary changes in patients with advanced breast cancer, and is co-investigator on clinical trials investigating the effects of whole-food, plant-based nutrition on patients with advanced diabetes and chronic kidney disease. He is co-author of "The China Study," a worldwide bestseller, with his father T. Colin Campbell, PhD, and author of "The China Study Solution." He has presented widely on the topic of nutrition for optimal health.



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