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define meal pattern and feeding considerationsthe meal pattern and the feeding considerations include the following- meal timings play an important
define vitamins minerals and phytochemicals requirement for cancer patientsseveral vitamins particularly those of the b-group are essential to
define carbohydrate requirement for cancer patientsadequate amount 60 of total energy of carbohydrates should be provided if a very high calorie diet
define fat requirement for cancer patientsduring cancer there is enhanced mobilization of free fatty acids from adipose tissues resulting in
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define dietary and non dietary factors - causation of cancerseveral dietary and non-dietary factors including genetics can increase the risk in the
define stress factors - etiological risk factors in canceremotions playing a part in malignancy are not a new idea but these relationships are
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define about the ultraviolet rays - carcinogenicultraviolet rays there is ample evidence from epidemiological studies that ultra violet rays derived
define about the radiant energyradiant energy radiant energy whether in the form of the ultraviolet rays of sunlight or as ionizing electromagnetic
explain about the chemical carcinogenschemicals have been shown to be carcinogenic some are naturally occurring components of plants and microbial
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explain about the dna viruses - carcinogenicthe three dna viruses found to cause human cancers are ebv hbv and hpv what are these let us find out
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define carcinogenic - non-dietary factorsa large number of agents cause genetic damage and induce neoplastic transformation of cells they fall into
define carcinogenic - dietary factorsdietary constituents can also be carcinogenic but to what extent diet is one of the contributing factors to
define etiological risk factors in cancer - genetic factorssome cancers are programmed by genes to develop gene mutations result from one or more
define etiological risk factors in cancercancer risks are climbing because of increasingly sedentary lifestyles and diets which are high in fat and
explain the classification of malignant tumorsmalignant tumors can be classified ascarcinomas these tumors arise from the epithelial lining the