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Nutrition and health in a developing world /

This third edition reviews the epidemiology, policies, programs and outcome indicators that are important and should go together to improve nutrition and health in low-middle income settings (i.e. a developing world). This greatly expanded third edition provides policy makers, program managers, stud...

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Group Author: De Pee, Saskia; Taren, Douglas; Bloem, Martin W
Published: Humana Press,
Publisher Address: Cham, Switzerland :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Third edition.
Series: Nutrition and health
Subjects:
Malnutrition > Developing countries
Nutrition > Developing countries
Public health > Developing countries
Summary: This third edition reviews the epidemiology, policies, programs and outcome indicators that are important and should go together to improve nutrition and health in low-middle income settings (i.e. a developing world). This greatly expanded third edition provides policy makers, program managers, students and scientists in the area of public health and nutrition with the most recent and up-to-date knowledge regarding major health and nutritional problems in low-middle income settings. Experience with policies and programs that address both the biomedical as well as the social and economic dete
Carrier Form: xliv, 827 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), color portraits ; 27 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783319437378
3319437372
9783319437392
3319437399
Index Number: RA645
CLC: R151
Call Number: R151/N976-7/3rd ed.
Contents: Section I: History of Nutrition -- Nutrition and Development: Historical Perspective -- Section II: Contextualizing International Nutrition: Considering Benefit Cost, Evidence Base and Capacity -- Nutrition Evidence in Context -- Growing Capacity to Deliver Nutrition in Post 2015 World -- Section III: Malnutrition, Nutrients and (Breast) Milk Explained -- Malnutrition Spectrum -- Child Growth and Development -- Overweight and Obesity -- Nutrient Needs and Approaches to Meeting Them -- Vitamin A -- Iron -- Zinc -- Iodine -- Vitamin D -- Essential Fatty Acids -- Role or Milk in Nutrition -- Th

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