UID:
almafu_9958126640002883
Format:
1 online resource (449 p.)
ISBN:
1-299-36606-6
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0-323-14995-2
Series Statement:
A monograph series / The Nutrition Foundation
Content:
Nutrition Intervention Strategies in National Development
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Nutrition Intervention Strategies in National Development; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I: Nutrition Interventions in General; Chapter 1. Some Elements of Successful Nutrition Intervention Strategies; Conceptualization; Commitment; Multisectorial, Visible, and Stable Infrastructure; Feedback for Program Adjustments; Needs Oriented; Community Participation; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. Nutrition Interventions: Basic Concepts; Text; Reference; Part II: Socioeconomic Strategies
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Chapter 3. The Economic Effects of Early Malnutrition: Economic Considerations for Nutrition Intervention ProgramsJustification for Investment in Alleviating Early Malnutrition; Resource Savings Effect; Human Capital Effect; Approaches to Study the Economic Effects of Early Malnutrition; The Case of Latin America; Conclusion; Reference; Chapter 4. Socioeconomic Development and Nutritional Status: Efficiency of Intervention Programs; Text; General Comments; References; Chapter 5. Integrating Nutrition into Agricultural Policy; Text; References
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Chapter 6. Comments on Economic Growth, Income Distribution, and Human and Social Development in Latin AmericaGrowth, Distribution, and Poverty; Factors Determining Distributive Inequality; Magnitude and Difficulty of Redistribution; The Free Market: Does It Solve the Distributive Inequalities?; Areas of State Intervention; Chapter 7. Role of the Government in Income Distribution and Nutritional Improvement: The Chilean Case; Text; Reference; Part III: Supplementary Feeding Programs; Chapter 8. Success or Failure of Supplementary Feeding Programs as a Nutritional Intervention
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Supplementary Feeding Programs as Nutritional InterventionNature of Supplementary Feeding; Justification for Supplementary Feeding Programs; Types of Supplementary Feeding Programs; Evidence of Success in Reducing the Prevalence of Malnutrition; Conclusions; References; Chapter 9. Supplementary Feeding Program in Pregnancy and Lactation: Consideration for Intervention Programs; Introduction; The Limits of Adaptation; Pregnancy and Lactation as a Continuum; Maternal Weight and Weight Gain as Indices of Risk; Does Maternal Nutrition Affect Fetal Growth?
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Would Nutrition Intervention Be Expected to Increase Birth Weight?What Else Might Be Affected? What Else Should Be Measured?; Conclusions; References; Chapter 10. Supplementary Feeding during Pregnancy: Impact on Mother and Child in Bogota, Colombia; Initial Nutritional State; Actual Level of Supplementation; Impact of Supplementary Feeding during Pregnancy on Mothers and Children in Bogota; References; Chapter 11. Nutrition Intervention Programs in Chile for Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers: The Issues; Selection of Recipient Populations; Assessment of Nutritional Status
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Selection of Type of Supplement
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-709080-0
Language:
English
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