Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries

deficiencies such as vitamin A or zinc. Contributors also address more problem-specific areas such as infant mortality, food policy, and ethics. The chapter on the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami provides a study in what is needed, and not needed, in response to disasters. Chapter authors are an international selection of people working in the field of nutrition and health. Chapter citation listings (several numbering over 200 citations) demonstrate the extent of coverage for each subject. Although each chapter can stand alone, those who read the whole volume will get a very comprehensive overview of nutrition-related health problems in developing countries. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (N. Duran, Texas A&M University in CHOICE, January 2009)

"This is the second edition of a comprehensive account of the issues of nutrition and health in the developing world ... . The tables and figures are generally helpful in supporting the text ... . This is a useful book for many working across disciplines that bridge nutrition and health within the context of developing countries. ... will help program developers and policy makers." (Noel Chavez, Doody's Review Service, January, 2009)

"This is an excellent comprehensive and authoritative multidisciplinary treatment of a subject of overwhelming importance in today's developing countries...The purposeful overlap between these chapters on specific disease and health problems and subsequent chapters on nutritional deficiencies in the third section of the book is to be highly commended, because the epidemiology and consequences of nutrition and infection are inseparable; they interact synergistically in almost all circumstances...Great advances have been made in the understanding of micronutrient malnutrition in the last three decades, its multiple nature, and the interactions among nutrients. It is now evident thatmicronutrient deficiencies usually occur together and require an integrated and multidisciplinary approach.  This book will help not only nutritionists but also other health specialists understand and take these issues into consideration when developing policies and interventions.  This book will provide policymakers and nutrition and health professionals with the most recent and up to date knowledge regarding major health and nutrition problems in developing countries. Its editors and authors are all outstanding international authorities and the text is greatly expanded in this new edition." (Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol. 30, no. 1 © 2009, The United Nations University)