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Much evidence suggests the relationship of malnutrition and infection. With the increasing understanding of the immune system and its functions to protect hosts from infections, the part played by the nutritional status of individuals and the role of specific nutrients in this process are increasingly being recognized. This modular textbook covers comprehensively the great amount of knowledge on the synergistic and antagonistic interactions of nutrition, immunology, and infectious disease. After giving a historical background on the topic and the rationale for the book, the chapters that follow provide a general outline of immunity and immune systems of the human body. Other chapters describe the influence of nutrients on the immune system and the likely mechanisms that are affected by nutrient deficiency, the consequences of undernutrition on immune function, and the role of infection in the induction and perpetuation of undernutrition. Specific sections on the association between the risk of infection and vitamin A, iron, and zinc, and on the importance of nutrition in public health problems such as diarrhoeal diseases, respiratory illness, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and tuberculosis are included. Also addressed are the impacts of the said interactions on the health of vulnerable groups (i.e. children, maternal nutrition and birth outcomes, and the elderly), developments in the field that affect cancer and autoimmune diseases, role of probiotics and prebiotics in immune function, food allergy, and food intolerance

SECTION 1: Introduction 2: Defence mechanisms of the body 3: Nutrients in food 4: Role of nutrients in infection and immune functions 5: Effects of under nutrition on host defence mechanisms and the immune response SECTION 2: Role of infections in the aetiology and pathogenesis of under nutrition 7: Vitamin A deficiency and risk of infection 8: Zinc deficiency and infections 9: Iron status and risk of infection SECTION 3: Nutrition and diarrhoeal disease 11: Nutrition and parasitic infections 12: Nutrition and HIV/AIDS 13: Nutrition and tuberculosis SECTION 4: Nutrition and infection in infancy and childhood 15: Maternal nutrition and infection 16: Nutrition and infection in the elderly and aged 17: Relationships between infections and non-communicable diseases"

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Bringing together nutrition and immunology, Nutrition, Immunity and Infections covers the topic in an accessible format for all students of nutrition, medicine and public health.

Nutrition, immunity and infection