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UNINA9910626102903321 |
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Improving diets and nutrition : food-based approaches / / edited by Brian Thompson, Leslie Amoroso ; contributors Marina Adrianopol [and sixty one others] |
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Wallingford, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-78924-411-0 |
1-78064-380-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (453 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Malnutrition |
Malnutrition - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; About the Editors; Contributor Biographies; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Welcome Address; Opening Address; Introduction; PART I: OVERVIEW; 1 Perspective on Nutritional Problems in Developing Countries: Nutrition Security through Community Agriculture; 2 Food Systems and Human Nutrition: Relationships and Policy Interventions; PART II: POLICY AND PROGRAMME EXPERIENCES |
3 Enhancing the Performance of Food-based Strategies to Improve Micronutrient Status and Associated Health Outcomes in Young Children from Poor-resource Households in Low-income Countries: Challenges and Solutions4 Food-based Approaches for Combating Malnutrition - Lessons Lost?; 5 Critical Issues to Consider in the Selection of Crops in a Food-based Approach to Improve Vitamin A Status - Based on a South African Experience |
6 Contribution of Homestead Food Production to Improved Household Food Security and Nutrition Status - Lessons Learned from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal and the Philippines7 The Underestimated Impact of Food-based Interventions; 8 The Current Nutritional Status in China; 9 Integrating Nutrition into Agricultural and Rural Development Policies: |
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The Brazilian Experience of Building an Innovative Food and Nutrition Security Approach; 10 The Gender Informed Nutrition and Agriculture (GINA) Alliance and the Nutrition Collaborative Research Support Program (NCRSP) |
11 Guyana's Hinterland Community-based School Feeding Program (SFP)12 The Impact of School Food Standards on Children's Eating Habits in England; 13 Animal Source Foods as a Food-based Approach to Improve Diet and Nutrition Outcomes; 14 Adapting Food-based Strategies to Improve the Nutrition of the Landless: A Review of HKI's Homestead Food Production Program in Bangladesh; 15 The Growing Connection Project - With a Mexico Case Study; 16 Biofortification: A New Tool to Reduce Micronutrient Malnutrition |
17 Medium-scale Fortification: A Sustainable Food-based Approach to Improve Diets and Raise Nutrition Levels18 Optimized Feeding Recommendations and In-home Fortification to Improve Iron Status in Infants and Young Children in the Republic of Tajikistan: A Pilot Project; 19 Towards Long-term Nutrition Security: The Role of Agriculture in Dietary Diversity; 20 Building Nutritional Self-reliance; PART III: CONTRIBUTIONS OF FAO DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS; 21 Measurement of Dietary Diversity for Monitoring the Impact of Food-based Approaches |
22 Nutrition Education and Food Security Interventions to Improve Complementary Feeding in Cambodia |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Nutrition-sensitive, food-based approaches towards hunger and malnutrition are effective, sustainable and long-term solutions. This book discusses the policy, strategic, methodological, technical and programmatic issues associated with such approaches, proposes ""best practices"" for the design, targeting, implementation and evaluation of specific nutrition-sensitive, food-based interventions and for improved methodologies for evaluating their efficacy and cost-effectiveness, and provides practical lessons for advancing nutrition-sensitive food-based approaches for improving nutrition at polic |
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