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<p>Foreword vii</p> <p>List of Common Abbreviations ix</p> <p>About the Companion Website xi</p> <p>Terms of Reference xiii</p> <p>Task Force Membership xv</p> <p>1 The Aetiology and Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease 1<br /> <i>Professor Keith N. Frayn and Sara Stanner</i></p> <p>2 The Fetal and Childhood Origins of Cardiometabolic Disease 29<br /> <i>Professor Caroline Fall and Dr Kalyanaraman Kumaran</i></p> <p>3 Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes 49<br /> <i>Professor Keith N. Frayn, Dr Stacey Lockyer, and Sara Stanner</i></p> <p>4 Lipid‐Related Factors 75<br /> <i>Professor Leanne Hodson</i></p> <p>5 Inflammation‐Related Factors 99<br /> <i>Professor Parveen Yaqoob and Professor Gordon Ferns</i></p> <p>6 Adipose Tissue‐Derived Factors 121<br /> <i>Dr Vidya Mohamed-Ali and Dr Mashael AlJaber</i></p> <p>7 Endothelial and Vascular Function 153<br /> <i>Professor Gordon Ferns and Professor Sumantra Ray</i></p> <p>8 The Haemostatic System: Coagulation, Platelets, and Fibrinolysis 179<br /> <i>Professor Coen Stehouwer, Professor Marlien Pieters and Dr Moniek P.M. de Maat</i></p> <p>9 Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Disease 213<br /> <i>Professor Richard Bruckdorfer</i></p> <p>10 Vitamins and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease 245<br /> <i>Professor Robert Clarke</i></p> <p>11 Influences of the Human Gut Microbiome 271<br /> <i>Professor Julie Lovegrove and Dr Gemma Walton</i></p> <p>12 Physical Fitness and Physical Activity: Effects on Risk of Cardiovascular Disease 293<br /> <i>Professor Marie Murphy, Professor Steven N. Blair, and Bridget Benelam</i></p> <p>13 Diet and Cardiovascular Disease: Where Are We Now? 311<br /> <i>Professor Judith L. Buttriss and Sarah Coe</i></p> <p>14 Conclusions of the Task Force 367</p> <p>15 Recommendations of the Task Force 375</p> <p>16 Cardiovascular Disease: Answers to Common Questions 393</p> <p>References 415</p> <p>Index 511</p>

<p><b>PROFESSOR KEITH N. FRAYN</b> is Emeritus Professor of Human Metabolism at the University of Oxford. He has published extensively in the area of metabolic regulation, including the textbook <i>Human Metabolism: a Regulatory Perspective.</i> <p><b>SARA STANNER</b> is Science Director at the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF). She edited the first edition of <i>Cardiovascular Disease: Diet, Nutrition and Emerging Risk Factors</i> and other BNF Task Force books. <p><b>SARAH COE</b> is a Nutrition Scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF). She is Technical Editor and Secretariat of this BNF Task Force report.

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