Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries

✍ Scribed by Richard D. Semba (auth.), Richard D. Semba MD, MPH, Martin W. Bloem MD, PhD (eds.)

• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 578
• Series: Nutrition ◊ and ◊ Health
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Nutrition and Development....Pages 1-30
Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries....Pages 31-56
Low Birth Weight and Perinatal Mortality....Pages 57-69
Child Growth and Development....Pages 71-91
Diarrheal Diseases....Pages 93-129
Acute Lower-Respiratory Infections....Pages 131-162
Measles....Pages 163-176
Malaria....Pages 177-207
Tuberculosis....Pages 209-235
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection....Pages 237-266
Vitamin A Deficiency....Pages 267-306
Zinc Deficiency....Pages 307-326
Iron Deficiency and Anemia....Pages 327-342
Iodine Deficiency Disorders....Pages 343-363
Multiple Micronutrient Malnutrition....Pages 365-391
Malnutrition....Pages 393-426
The Nutrition Transition and Its Relationship to Demographic Change....Pages 427-445
The Emerging Problem of Obesity in Developing Countries....Pages 447-464
Rapid Urbanization and the Challenges of Obtaining Food and Nutrition Security....Pages 465-482
Assessing and Communicating Impact of Nutrition and Health Programs....Pages 483-506
The Economics of Nutritional Interventions....Pages 507-521
Research and Policy Directions....Pages 523-550
Back Matter....Pages 551-572

✦ Subjects

Nutrition