ISBN : 9780199685226
Highly Commended in the Public Health category of the British Medical Association Book Awards 2016.
New to this Edition:
Nutrition is an essential component of the work of all health and community workers, including those involved in humanitarian assistance, and yet it is often neglected in their basic training. Drawn from the experiences of an international editor team with extensive field experience, Nutrition for Developing Countries brings together the essential basics of nutrition in an easily accessible form which is accurate, up-to-date and practical, and suitable for a wide range of readers at different levels. The book covers the whole life cycle, including pregnancy, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, older children, adolescents, adults and the elderly, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable women and children.
The fully revised and updated edition addresses both the long standing problems of undernutrition and malnutrition, and the growing epidemic of overnutrition and obesity, which are responsible for the rapid increase in non-communicable diseases of later life. Generously illustrated, Nutrition for Developing Countries explains in clear simple language, and practical detail, how nutrition workers can help families with nutrition problems, including many ideas for exercises for training nutrition workers.
1: Let's get started, Jennifer N. Nielsen and Victoria J. Quinn
2: Nutrients and how the body uses them, Tendekayi Henry Gadaga and Ann Burgess
3: Macronutrients, water and energy, Tendekayi Henry Gadaga and Ann Burgess
4: Micronutrients, Jessica Blankenship and Louise Sserunjogi
5: Foods, food groups and food paths, Joyce Kinabo, Mawuli Sablah, and Ann Burgess
6: Processing and fortifying foods, Tendekayi Henry Gadaga and Mawuli Sablah
7: Keeping food safe and clean, Tendekayi Henry Gadaga and Daisy R. Nyaga
8: Buying food, nn Burgess and Helena Pachón
9: Feeding the household, Judith Kimiywe, Nicki Connell and Ann Burgess
10: Breastfeeding, Felicity Savage King, Jennifer N. Nielsen and Pooja Pandey Rana
11: Feeding from age six months to five years, Jennifer N. Nielsen, Pooja Pandey Rana and Victoria J. Quinn
12: Good nutrition for school-age children, adolescents and adults, Elizabeth Kamau-Mbuthia, Judith Kimiywe and Andrew Hall
13: Feeding sick people, especially children, Andrew Tomkins and Frederick Grant
14: Understanding malnutrition, Victoria J. Quinn and Jennifer N. Nielsen
15: Using body measurements to assess nutrition, Frederick Grant and Ann Burgess
16: Malnutrition in young children, Akoto K. Osei, Frederick Grant and Elhadji Issakha Diop
17: Severe acute malnutrition, Frederick Grant, Martin Nankap and Elhadji Issakha Diop
18: Malnutrition in adolescent girls and women, Jillian L. Waid and Ann Burgess
19: Malnutrition in school-age children, adolescent boys, men and old people, Elizabeth Kamau-Mbuthia and Andrew Hall
20: Vitamin A deficiency, Jessica Blankenship, Nancy J. Haselow, and Shawn K. Baker
21: Iron deficiency and anaemia, Akoto K. Osei and Martin Nankap
22: Iodine, zinc and other micronutrient deficiencies, Jessica Blankenship and Andrew Seal
23: Obesity and other nutrition-related non-communicable diseases, Hélène Delisle
24: Diabetes - overview and nutritional management, Chittaranjan Yajnik, and Shilpa Joshi
25: Overview of community nutrition actions, Jennifer N. Nielsen, Martin Nankap and Pooja Pandey Rana
26: Improving household food security, Aminuzzaman Talukder, Frederick Grant and Ann Burgess
27: Improving community nutrition, care and health, Jennifer N. Nielsen and Pooja Pandey Rana
28: Working with communities and households, Charity Dirorimwe, Pooja Pandey Rana and Ann Burgess
29: Helping people learn about nutrition, Jennifer N. Nielsen, Pooja Pandey Rana and Martin Nankap
30: Nutrition in schools, Ann Burgess and Andrew Hall
31: Training for nutrition, Manisha Thanary
Appendix 1. Recommended energy and nutrient intakes
Appendix 2 Food composition tables
Appendix 3. Sources of selected nutrients
Appendix 4. Basic anthropometric information
Appendix 5. Keeping up-to-date
Appendix 6: Key actions to prevent the double burden of malnutrition
"This book is a very good resource for training purposes especially to those new to the field of nutrition and also serves as a refresher for those already in the field." - Professor Francis Zotor, President of the African Nutrition Society
"[Nutrition for Developing Countries]. . . brings together the essentials of nutrition in a way which is accurate, up-to-date, and suitable for a wide range of readers." - Jonathan Steffen, Sight and Life Magazine
