Public Health Nutrition in Developing Countries

✍ Scribed by Sheila C. Vir (Auth.)

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing India PVT. LTD
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1257
• Series: Woodhead Publishing India
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

These books provide public health experts, nutritionists, students, scientists, development professionals and policy makers with information on the current global scenario concerning public health nutrition problems. Chapters discuss issues such as nutrition in reference to AIDS, non-communicable diseases and emerging situations.

• Provides information on the current global scenario concerning public health nutrition problems
• Discusses issues such as nutrition in reference to AIDS, non-communicable diseases and emerging situations
• Covers malnutrition in women and children, micronutrient deficiency disorders, geriatric nutrition and nutrition in emergencies and disasters, among other topics

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Foreword, Pages xxv-xxvii
Preface, Pages xxix-xxxi
List of Contributors, Pages xxxiii-xxxvi
1 - Principles of epidemiology and epidemiologic methods, Pages 1-24
2 - Nutrition epidemiology for developing countries, Pages 25-49
3 - Undernutrition in children, Pages 50-85
4 - Dual nutrition burden in women: causes, consequences, and control measures, Pages 86-107
5 - Measuring undernutrition and overnutrition in children, Pages 108-150
6 - Essential new-born care and child survival, Pages 151-174
7 - Integrating breastfeeding in public health programming – scientific facts, current status and future directions, Pages 175-222
8 - Complementary feeding of infants and young children, Pages 223-251
9 - Options and strategies to reach under-two children through complementary feeding with ARF in the south asian countries, Pages 252-273
10 - Diarrhea and undernutrition, Pages 274-291
11 - Prevention and management of protein energy malnutrition, Pages 292-309
12 - Severe acute malnutrition in children, Pages 310-340
13 - Prevention and management of overweight and obesity in children, Pages 341-371
14 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and nutrition, Pages 372-404
15 - Vitamin A metabolism, Pages 405-431
16 - Vitamin A deficiency: prevention and control, Pages 432-472
17 - Vitamin A Prevention And Control Programme In India – Past Efforts And Current Status, Pages 473-501
18 - Iodine metabolism and indicators of iodine status, Pages 502-522
19 - Sustaining iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) control programme, Pages 523-534
20 - Iodine deficiency and iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) control program, Pages 535-561
21 - Universal salt iodization (USI), Pages 562-574
22 - National iodine deficiency disorders control programme of India, Pages 575-605
23 - Metabolism of iron, folic acid and vitamin B12, Pages 607-637
24 - Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in young children, Pages 638-662
25 - Iron and multiple micronutrient supplementation in children: evidence from systematic reviews, Pages 663-673
26 - Nutritional anemia during pregnancy, early childhood and adolescence: the critical development periods, Pages 674-712
27 - Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in adolescent girls, Pages 713-736
28 - Zinc – an essential micronutrient for health and development, Pages 737-771
29 - Vitamin A and zinc supplements for child survival – experiences and challenges ahead, Pages 772-794
30 - Addressing micronutrient malnutrition through food fortification, Pages 795-843
31 - Agriculture, food and nutrition security, Pages 844-878
32 - Food and nutrition situation in India, Pages 879-897
33 - Food and nutrition in natural and manmade disasters, Pages 898-931
34 - Nutrition for the aged, Pages 932-955
35 - Nutrition related non-communicable chronic disorders, Pages 956-981
36 - Planning result-oriented public health nutrition programs: theory and practice, Pages 982-1029
37 - Monitoring and evaluation of public health nutrition programmes, Pages 1030-1065
District and village planning – a decentralised implementation approach in public health in India, Pages 1066-1084
39 - Nutrition–Health education and communication for improving women and child nutrition, Pages 1085-1113
40 - From research to programs: Applying knowledge to improve nutrition outcomes, Pages 1114-1132
41 - Research methods in public health nutrition: Critical factors, Pages 1133-1153
42 - Reducing malnutrition: An analysis of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme, Pages 1154-1194
43 - National Rural Health Mission, Pages 1195-1213
Index, Pages 1214-1244