TY  - BOOK
AU  - Semba,Richard D.
AU  - Bloem,Martin W.
TI  - Nutrition and health in developing countries
T2  - Nutrition and health series
SN  - 9781934115244
U1  - 613.2091724 23
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Totowa, NJ
PB  - Humana Press
KW  - Malnutrition
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Public health
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 rate and neonatal mortality / Richard D. Semba and Cesar G. Victoria --
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 reparatory 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 Nutritional 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 nutritional 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 deficiency 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 form 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.
N2  - Offers information regarding major health and nutritional problems in developing countries. This work contains chapters relevant to humanitarian emergencies, including a case study of the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, food in humanitarian relief, food policy, the role of supermarkets in developing countries, homestead food production and aging
ER  -