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Nutrition and health in developing countries

Title: Nutrition and health in developing countries / editors, Richard D. Semba, Martin W. Bloem ; foreword by Peter Piot.
Publication: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Description

xxiii, 931 pages : illustrations, portraits; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Nutrition and health

Uniform Title

Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Statistics.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Series Editor's Introduction / Adrianne Bendich -- Foreword / Peter Piot -- 1. Nutrition and Development: A Historical Perspective / Richard D. Semba -- 2. Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries / Carine Ronsmans, Simon Collin and Veronique Filippi -- 3. Low Birth Weight and Neonatal Mortality / Richard D. Semba and Cesar G. Victora -- 4. Infant Mortality / Parul Christian -- 5. Child Growth and Development / Mercedes de Onis -- 6. Diarrheal Diseases / Claudio F. Lanata and Robert E. Black -- 7. Acute Lower Respiratory Infections / Claudio F. Lanata and Robert E. Black -- 8. Measles / Gregory Hussey -- 9. Malaria and Nutrition / Anuraj H. Shankar -- 10. Tuberculosis / Monique van Lettow and Christopher Whalen -- 11. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection / Eduardo Villamor, Karim Manji and Wafaie W. Fawzi -- 12. Malnutrition / Dirk G. Schroeder -- 13. Vitamin A Deficiency / Keith P. West Jr. and Ian Darnton-Hill -- 14. Nutritional Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency / John M. Pettifor -- 15. Zinc Deficiency / Roger Shrimpton and Anuraj H. Shankar -- 16. Iron Deficiency and Anemia / Usha Ramakrishnan and Richard D. Semba -- 17. Iodine Deficiency Disorders / Richard D. Semba and Francois Delange -- 18. Multiple Micronutrient Malnutrition: What Can Be Done? / Usha Ramakrishnan and Sandra L. Huffman -- 19. Nutrition in the Elderly in Developing Countries / Noel W. Solomons and Odilia I. Bermudez -- 20. The Nutrition Transition and Its Relationship to Demographic Change / Barry M. Popkin -- 21. The Rapid Emergence of Obesity in Developing Countries / Colleen M. Doak and Barry M. Popkin -- 22. Rapid Urbanization and the Challenges of Obtaining Food and Nutrition Security / Marie T. Ruel, James L. Garrett and Lawrence Haddad -- 23. Impact of Parental Tobacco Use on Child Malnutrition and Survival / Cora M. Best and Richard D. Semba -- 24. Humanitarian Emergencies / Reinhard Kaiser and Paul B. Spiegel -- 25. Tackling Nutrient Deficiencies and Life-Threatening Disease: The Role of Food in Humanitarian Relief / Patrick Webb and Andrew Thorne-Lyman -- 26. The Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004 / Saskia de Pee, Regina Moench-Pfanner and Martin W. Bloem -- 27. The Impact of Supermarkets on Farmers, Consumers, and Food Security in Developing Countries / C. Peter Timmer -- 28. Homestead Food Production for Improving Nutritional Status and Health / Saskia de Pee, Aminuzzaman Talukder and Martin W. Bloem -- 29. Food Policy / C. Peter Timmer -- 30. Need, Efficacy, and Effectiveness of Multiple Vitamin/Mineral Supplements for Young Children and Considerations for Programs / Saskia de Pee -- 31. How Much Do Data Influence Programs for Health and Nutrition? Experience from Health and Nutrition Surveillance Systems / Martin W. Bloem, Saskia de Pee and Richard D. Semba -- 32. The Economics of Nutritional Interventions / Susan Horton -- 33. Ethics in Public Health Research / Tanya Doherty and Mickey Chopra -- 34. Beyond Partial Analysis / David Pelletier.

ISBN

9781934115244 (alk. paper)
193411524X (alk. paper)
9781597454643 (e-ISBN)
1597454648 (e-ISBN)

LCCN

2008922756

OCLC

ocn191891385
191891385
SCSB-5433089

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries