From the reviews: "This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the IGF system with respect to its role in nutritional health, development, and certain disease states...a comprehensive text that can be used by both the clinical and basic research community, and it emphasizes the IGF system with regard to overall nutritional health." - Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal "This is a collection of 18 chapters on the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system and nutrition, each worthy of attention. The book is thoughtfully organized into five major sections. ... In summary, this is a significant book that carefully explores and shapes a better understanding of nutrition in health and disease. It is an excellent resource, deserving of a place at all reference libraries and for everyone involved with nutrition care and research." (James C. M. Chan, Pediatric Nephrology, April, 2006)

• I Overview.- 1 Overview and Molecular Aspects of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor System.- II IGF and Nutritional Status.- 2 Regulation of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I by Nutrition.- 3 Nutrition and IGF Proteins in Chronic Malnutrition and Critical Illness.- 4 The Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Assessment of Nutritional Status.- III Growth and Development.- 5 Regulation of Growth and the Insulin Growth Factor System by Zinc.- 6 The Role of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in Pre- and Postnatal Growth, Development, and Tumorigenesis.- 7 The Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis in the Fetus and Neonate.- 8 Nutrition and the IGF System in Reproduction.- 9 The Insulin Growth Factor System and Nutrition in Adulthood and Aging.- IV IGF and Organ Systems.- 10 Nutrition and Insulin Growth Factor-I in Relation to Bone Health and Disease.- 11 Effect of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Proteins on Skeletal Muscle Protein Metabolism During Normal and Catabolic Conditions.- 12 Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Nervous System Disorders.- 13 The Kidney and the Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in Health and Disease.- V IGF in Disease States.- 14 The IGF and IGFBP System in Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Mellitus.- 15 Insulin-Like Growth Factors in Relation to Gastrointestinal Diseases and Parenteral Nutrition.- 16 Impact of Critical Illness on the Growth Hormone/Insulin Growth Factor System in Relation to Other Endocrine Responses.- 17 Mechanisms of Cardiac Hypertrophy and the Development of Heart Failure: Role of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and Angiotensin-II.- 18 Roles of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor System and Nutrition in Cancer.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.