Nutrition and Health in a Developing World

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.- The Role of Breastfeeding Protection, Promotion, and Support in a Developing World.- Section IV: Tuberculosis, HIV, and the Role of Nutrition.- Tuberculosis.- HIV.- Tuberculosis in Relation to Nutrition.- HIV and HIV/TB Co-infection in Relation to Nutrition.- Section V: Nutrition and Health in Different Phases of the Life Cycle.- Reproductive Health.- Maternal Nutrition and Birth Outcomes.- Small for Gestational Age: Scale and Consequences for Mortality, Morbidity, and Development.- Development Disabilities.- Adolescent Health and Nutrition.- Nutrition in the Elderly from Low and Middle Income Countries.- Section VI: Tackling Health and Nutrition Issues in an Integrated Way in the Era of the SDGS.- Evaluation of Nutrition Sensitive Interventions.- Integrated Approaches to Health and Nutrition: Role of Communities.- Nutrition in Emergencies.- Ending AIDS by 2030: Partnerships and Linkages with SDG 2.- Section VII: Trends in Urbanization and Development, Impacts on Food Value Chains and Consumers, and Private Sector Roles.- Urbanization Patterns and Strategies for Ensuring Adequate Nutrition.- Urbanization, Food, Security and Nutrition.- The Impact of Supermarkets on Nutrition and Nutritional Knowledge: A Food Policy Perspective.- Value Chain Focus on Food and Nutrition Security.- Role of Foundations and Initiatives by the Private Sector for Improving Health and Nutrition.- Section VIII: Ethics: Critical to Making Progress in Public Health.- Ethics in Public Health Research.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319828983
• ISBN13: 9783319828985
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 827 Pages
• Weight: 3.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"