Full Description
Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries, Second Edition was written with the underlying conviction that global health and nutrition problems can only be solved through a firm understanding of the different levels of causality and the interactions between the various determinants. This volume provides policy makers, nutritionists, students, scientists, and professionals with the most recent and up-to-date knowledge regarding major health and nutritional problems in developing countries. This greatly expanded second edition has new chapters relevant to humanitarian emergencies, including a case study of the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, food in humanitarian relief, food policy, the emerging role of supermarkets in developing countries, homestead food production, aging, ethics, and the adverse impact of parental tobacco use on child health in poor families. These new chapters reflect the increasing complexity and changes that are occurring in developing countries. Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries, Second Edition, brings together a group of authors who come from diverse backgrounds of clinical nutrition, medicine, immunology, infectious disease, epidemiology, public health nutrition, anthropology, health policy, economics, and disaster planning. This book will stimulate further thought, comprehensive and effective policies and programs, and research across disciplines in the goal of improving health and nutrition in developing countries in order to reach the Millennium Goals by the year 2015.
Contents
Nutrition and Development: A Historical Perspective.- Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries.- Low Birth Weight and Neonatal Mortality.- Infant Mortality.- Child Growth and Development.- Diarrheal Diseases.- Acute Lower Respiratory Infections.- Measles.- Malaria and Nutrition.- Tuberculosis.- Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.- Malnutrition.- Vitamin A Deficiency.- Nutritional Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency.- Zinc Deficiency.- Iron Deficiency and Anemia.- Iodine Deficiency Disorders.- Multiple Micronutrient Malnutrition.- Nutrition in the Elderly in Developing Countries.- The Nutrition Transition and Its Relationship to Demographic Change.- The Rapid Emergence of Obesity in Developing Countries.- Rapid Urbanization and the Challenges of Obtaining Food and Nutrition Security.- Impact of Parental Tobacco Use on Child Malnutrition and Survival.- Humanitarian Emergencies.- Tackling Nutrient Deficiencies and Life-Threatening Disease.- The Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004.- The Impact of Supermarkets on Farmers, Consumers, and Food Security in Developing Countries.- Homestead Food Production for Improving Nutritional Status and Health.- Food Policy.- Need, Efficacy, and Effectiveness of Multiple Vitamin/Mineral Supplements for Young Children and Considerations for Programs.- How Much Do Data Influence Programs for Health and Nutrition?.- The Economics of Nutritional Interventions.- Ethics in Public Health Research.- Beyond Partial Analysis.
