Public health issues in infant and child nutrition / editors, Robert E. Black, Kim Fleischer Michaelsen.
| Other author | Black, Robert E. |
| Other author | Michaelsen, Kim Fleischer. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2002. |
| Description | xvi, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Nestlé Nutrition workshop series ; v. 48. Paediatric Programme Nestlé Nutrition workshop series v. 48. ^A13653 Nestlé Nutrition workshop series. Paediatric programme. ^A689555 |
| Contents | Burden of disease caused by childhood undernutrition -- Childhood infectious diseases and their contribution to undernutrition -- Nutritional influences on child development: cross-national perspectives -- Preventing vitamin A deficiency: translating science to action -- Consequences of zinc deficiency on human health and alternatives for programmatic intervention -- Iron and infectious disease: a public health problem? -- Breast feeding and HIV transmission -- Breast feeding babies: is the longer the better? -- Promotion of Breast Feeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT): a cluster-randomized trial in the republic of Belarus -- Success of intervention programs to promote complementary feeding -- Microbial contamination of weaning food and water -- Options for achieving adequate intake from home-prepared complementary foods in low income countries -- Early exposures and later health and development -- Does an excessive protein intake early in life cause health problems such as obesity later in life? -- Validating the fetal origins hypothesis: an epidemiologic challenge -- Potential for metabolic imprinting by nutritional perturbation of epigenetic gene regulation -- Concluding discussion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2001050414 |
| ISBN | 0781737516 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | RJ206 .P83 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |