Nutrition and Development: A Historical Perspective; Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries; Low Birth Weight and Neonatal Mortality; Infant Mortality; Child Growth and Development; Diarrheal Diseases; Acute Lower Respiratory Infections; Measles; Malaria and Nutrition; Tuberculosis; Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Malnutrition; Vitamin A Deficiency; Nutritional Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency; Zinc Deficiency; Iron Deficiency and Anemia; Iodine Deficiency Disorders; Multiple Micronutrient Malnutrition; Nutrition in the Elderly in Developing Countries
Summary
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
