Nutrition and HIV. Epidemiological Evidence to Public Health

Introduction. HIV and Nutrition: Micronutrients. Vitamin A. B-complex. Antioxidants - Vitamins C and E. Vitamin D. Selenium. Iron and Anemia. Zinc. HIV and Nutrition: Macronutrients. Hunger/Food security. Macronutrients. HIV/AIDS and Nutrition: Maternal and Child Health. Micronutrients and HIV/AIDS in Pregnancy. Infant Feeding in the Context of HIV. Pediatric HIV: Assessment, Screening, Support. HIV and Nutrition: Public Health Practice. Co-infections - Tuberculosis and Malaria. Nutrition and HIV in the Era of HAART. Case Studies from In-Country Perspective: Senegal. Case Studies from In-Country Perspective: Zambia. Case Studies from In-Country Perspective: India. Case Studies from In-Country Perspective: Tanzania.

 

Nutritional management is integral to comprehensive HIV care and treatment. Improved nutritional status and weight gain can increase recovery and strength of individuals living with HIV/AIDS, improve dietary diversity and caloric intake, and improve quality of life. This book provides a comprehensive update on the role of nutrition in HIV through a review of biological mechanisms and published epidemiological studies, including intervention trials and programs that have integrated nutrition in the care and treatment of HIV-infected individuals.

Features

• Details the role of nutrition in HIV and how this information can be applied for helping HIV-infected individuals
• Reviews biological mechanisms that may explain links between nutrition and HIV disease
• Explains how nutritional supplementation may be efficacious to reduce morbidity in HIV-infected patients and decrease vertical transmission
• Devotes an entire section to maternal and child health in the context of HIV
• Includes case study results from country-level and regional programs that have integrated nutritional assessment and care in treatment of HIV-infected individuals

Author(s) Bio

Saurabh Mehta, Sc.D., is an Assistant Professor of Global Health, Epidemiology and Nutrition, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Julia L. Finkelstein, Sc.D., is a Research Scientist in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.