Community Nutrition for Developing Countries

by Norman J. Temple (Editor), Nelia Steyn (Editor)

Overview

Nutrition textbooks used by universities and colleges in developing countries have very often been written by scholars who live and work in North America or the United Kingdom. And while the research and information they present is sound, the nutrition-related health challenges with which developing countries must grapple differ considerably from those found in highly industrialized Western nations. The primary aim of Community Nutrition for Developing Countries is to provide a book that meets the needs of nutritionists and other health professionals living and working in developing countries. Written by both scholars and practitioners, the volume draws on their wealth of knowledge, experience, and understanding of nutrition in developing countries to provide nutrition professionals with all the information they require. Each chapter addresses a specific nutrition challenge currently faced by developing countries such as food security, food safety, disease prevention, maternal health, and effective nutrition policy. In addition, the volume serves as an invaluable resource for those developing and implementing nutrition education programmes. With an emphasis on nutritional education as a means to prevent disease and effectively manage health disorders, it is the hope of the nearly three dozen contributors to this work that it will enhance the health and well-being of low-income populations throughout the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781927356135
Publisher:	Athabasca University Press and UNISA Press
Publication date:	03/31/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	510
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Norman J. Temple, professor of nutrition at Athabasca University and has published more than 60 papers, predominantly in the area of nutrition as it relates to health, and has published more than a dozen books. Currently, he is conducting collaborative research in Cape Town on the role of the changing diet in South Africa and the pattern of chronic diseases in South Africa. Nelia Steyn, lives and works in South Africa. She is a senior lecturer in the Division of Human Nutrition at the University of Cape Town and has served as a consultant for the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Norman J. Temple, professor of nutrition at Athabasca University and has published more than 60 papers, predominantly in the area of nutrition as it relates to health, and has published more than a dozen books. Currently, he is conducting collaborative research in Cape Town on the role of the changing diet in South Africa and on the pattern of chronic diseases in that country.
Nelia Steyn, lives and works in South Africa. She is a senior lecturer in the Division of Human Nutrition at the University of Cape Town and has served as a consultant for the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Table of Contents

Foreword / Frits Pannekoek
Preface
Introduction

PART I • The Food and Nutrition Situation in Developing Countries
PART II • Lifecycle Nutrition
PART III • The Role of Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease
PART IV • From Food Guides to Nutrition Education
PART V • Key Components of Community-Based Nutrition Programmes
PART VI • Population Nutrition and the Role of Government
PART VII • Assessing Nutrition Status
PART VIII • Food Services and Safety
PART IX • A Broader Perspective

Appendix I Sources of Reliable Information on Nutrition
Appendix II Aids to Calculations
Appendix III Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)
List of Contributors