| Description |
ix, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Society for the Study of Human Biology symposium series ; 30 |
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Society for the Study of Human Biology symposium series, 0954-7800 ; 30 |
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Society for the Study of Human Biology symposium series ; 30
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction G. Ainsworth Harrison; 2. Mechanisms of adaptation to low energy intakes J. C. Waterlow; 3. The impact of chronic undernutrition on physical work capacity and daily energy expenditure G. B. Spurr; 4. Morbidity, nutritional deficiencies and child development in developing countries Sally Grantham-McGregor; 5. The aetiology of kwashiorkor A. A. Jackson; 6. The iodine deficiency disorders Basil S. Hetzel; 7. Nutritional status and susceptibility to infectious disease S. J. Ulijaszek; 8. Nutrition and illness in the aged H. M. Hodkinson; 9. Growth and growth charts in the assessment of pre-school nutritional status Jere D. Haas and Jean-Pierre Habicht; 10. Nutritional vulnerability of the child P. S. Nestel; 11. Traditional economies and patterns of nutritional disease S. S. Strickland; 12. Social adaptation to season and uncertainty in food supply Igor de Garine and Sjors Koppert; 13. Food distribution, death and disease in South Asia Barbara Harriss; 14. The cultural context of diet, disease and the body Richard Burghart; Index |
| Analysis |
Man Health Effects of diet |
| Notes |
"Organised in collaboration with the International Commission on the Anthropology of Food." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Diet in disease -- Congresses.
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Diet.
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Nutritionally induced diseases -- Developing countries -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Harrison, G. A. (Geoffrey Ainsworth), 1927-
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Waterlow, J. C. (John Conrad)
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International Commission on Anthropology of Food and Food Problems.
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| LC no. |
90219152 |
| ISBN |
0521384540 |
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