Public Health Nutrition in Developing Countries, 2 Vols.

Description

The objective of the book is to provide public health experts, nutritionists, students, scientists, development professionals and policy makers with information on the current global scenario regarding well known public health nutrition problems and to update them with new emerging problems such as nutrition in reference to AIDS, non-communicable diseases and emerging situations.

About the author

Sheila C. Vir is currently a senior nutrition consultant and Director, Public Health Nutrition and Development Centre, New Delhi. She is a postgraduate in Food and Nutrition from University of Delhi, India and, PhD from Queen’s University, Belfast, UK. Dr Vir, a recipient of the Common Wealth Van den Bergh Nutrition Award and secretary to the Nutrition Society of India, has worked as a programme officer with UNICEF (India) for about 20 years. Presently, she is also working as a Senior Nutrition Expert with the Government of India and various government-supported technical training and teaching institutes.

Contents

SECTION I EPIDEMIOLOGY

• Principles of Epidemiology and Epidemiologic Methods
  S.P. Zodpey
• Nutritional Epidemiology for Developing Countries
  Usha Ramakrishnan, Ines G. Casanova

SECTION II MALNUTRITION IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN

• Undernutrition in Children
  Sheila C. Vir
• Dual Nutrition Burden in Women: Causes, Consequences and Control Measures
  Prema Ramachandran
• Measuring Undernutrition and Overnutrition in Children
  Dheeraj Shah, HPS Sachdev
• Essential Newborn Care and Child Survival
  Richa Singh and Sheila C. Vir
• Integrating Breastfeeding in Public Health programming-Scientific Facts, Current Status and Future Directions
  Kajali Paintal
• Complementary Feeding of Infants and Young Children
  Veenu Seth and Aashima Garg
• Options and Strategies to Reach the Under-two Children through Complementary Feeding with ARF in South Asian Countries
  Tara Gopal Das
• Diarrhea and Undernutrition
  Shariqua Yunuss
• Prevention and Management of Protein Energy Malnutrition
  S Ramji
• Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children
  Kamal Raj
• Prevention and Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children
  Anura Kurpad and Sumathi Swaminathan
• HIV and Nutrition
  Minnie Mathews

SECTION III MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY DISORDERS

• A. Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders (VADD)
  Vitamin A Metabolism
  Ravinder Chaddha
• Vitamin A Deficiency, Prevention and Control
  Sheila C. Vir
• Vitamin A Prevention and Control Programme in India – Past Efforts and Current Status
  Sheila C. Vir and Richa Singh
• B. Iodine Deficiency Disorders
  Iodine Metabolism and Indicators of Iodine Status
  M. Godbole and R. Shankar
• Sustaining Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme
  Chandrakant Pandav
• Iodine Deficiency and Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme
  Sheila C. Vir
• Universal Salt Iodisation
  M. G. Venkatesh Mannar
• National Iodine Deficiency Control Programme of India
  Sheila C. Vir
• C. Nutritional Anaemia
  Metabolism of Iron, Folic Acid and Vitamin B12
  K. Madhavan Nair
• Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Young Children
  Sheila C. Vir and Prakash V. Kotecha
• Iron and Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation in Children: Evidence from Systematic Reviews
  Tarun Gera
• Nutritional Anemia during Pregnancy, Early Childhood and Adolescence: The Critical Development Periods
  Subhadra Seshadri
• Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Adolescent Girls
  Sheila C. Vir
• D. Zinc Nutrition
  Zinc – An Essential Micronutrient for Health and Development
  Sunil Sazwal and Pratibha Dhingra
• Vitamin A and Zinc Supplements for Child Survival – Experiences and Challenges Ahead
  Anand Lakshman
• E. Food Fortification
  Addressing Micronutrient Malnutrition through Food Fortification
  Saraswati Bulusu and Annie S. Wesley

SECTION IV FOOD, NUTRITION AND HEALTH PROGRAMMES

• Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security
  Deeksha Kapur
• Food and Nutrition Situation in India
  K Vijay Raghvan

SECTION V NUTRITION IN EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS

• Food and Nutrition in Natural and Man Made Disasters
  Deepti Gulati

SECTION VI GERIATRIC NUTRITION

• Nutrition of the Aged
  Kumud Khanna and Seema Puri

SECTION VII CHRONIC DEGENERATIVE DISEASES

• Nutrition Related Non Communicable Chronic Disorders
  Kamala Krishnaswamy and vula Laxmaiah

SECTION VIII PROGRAMME PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION

• Programme Planning: Principles and Essential Elements
  Ashi Kathuria
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Health Nutrition Programmes
  G. Jerard Maria Selvam and Sheila C. Vir
• District and Village Planning: A Decentralized Implementation Approach in Public Health
  Shraddha Dwivedi, Madhulika Bhattacharya and Ashish Mukherjee
• Nutrition Health Education and Communication for Improving Women and Child Nutrition
  Shubhada Kanani
• From Research to Programmes: Applying Knowledge to Improve Nutrition Outcomes
  Purnima Menon
• Research Methods in Public Health Nutrition - Critical Factors
  Arun K Nigam Padam Singh

SECTION IX INDIA PROGRAMMES

• Reducing Malnutrition – An Analysis of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme
  Deepika Nayar Chaudhary
• National Rural Health Mission
  Deoki Nandan