Nutrition for Developing Countries

by King, Felicity Savage; Burgess, Ann

• ISBN13: 9780192622792
• ISBN10: 019262279X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-02-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This thoroughly updated text covers the essential facts about nutrients, nutrient needs, foods, and meals. It is a practical guide for nutrition workers, including health workers, agricultural workers, home economists, and school teachers, clearly explaining how to help families with nutrition problems, how to treat malnourished children, and how to work effectively in communities and schools. This revised edition of a popular and widely-used work brings the subject up-to-date, and details advances in the field, including new ideas on working in and with communities, and about nutrition education. It provides several examples of exercises for training nutrition workers. This information is not easily available elsewhere, and no other manual covers the subject so comprehensively. The book is fully illustrated with many new drawings.

Table of Contents

Nutrients and How the Body Uses Them

Carbohydrates, Fats, and Energy

Protein

Micronutrients and Water

Foods

Food Processing

Keeping Foods Safe and Clean

Preparing Meals for the Family

The Cost of Meals and Budgeting

Breastfeeding

Starting Other Foods

Feeding Older Children and Adults

Feeding Sick People, Especially Children

Growth and Development

Using Growth Charts to Help Families

Undernutrition in Children

Severe Protein-energy Malnutrition

Undernutrition in Women

How Health Workers Can Help

Nutritional Anemia

Iodine Deficiency Disorders

Overnutrition and Related Disorders

How to Help People Lose Weight

The Food Paths

Nutrition and the Environment

Food Security

Working with Communities

Working with Families

Helping People to Learn About Nutrition

Group Feeding Programs

Nutrition in Schools

Training for Nutrition

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