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Review
. 2015;55(5):732-4.
doi: 10.1080/10408398.2013.878305.

Evaluating bioactive food components in obesity and cancer prevention

Kristi M Crowe  1 , David Allison; Bioactive Food Components Conference Speakers
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Review

Evaluating bioactive food components in obesity and cancer prevention

Kristi M Crowe et al. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2015.

Abstract

Research into bioactive food compounds (BFC) continues to evolve albeit with shared challenges among scientists in the fields of obesity and cancer treatment and prevention. Given the diversity of scientific disciplines involved in evaluating BFC, multidisciplinary conferences provide opportunities to update the state of the science and critically discuss conceptual and methodological challenges encountered in studying BFC in both preclinical and clinical trials. This overview is an introduction to presentations given at a conference sponsored by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which convened a multidisciplinary group of researchers evaluating BFC in obesity and cancer prevention. Full presentations can be viewed in video format at http://www.norc.uab.edu/courses/conferences/conference2013.

Keywords: Functional foods; bioactive compound testing; efficacy; nutrition.

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