Midlands State University Library

The Nutrition factor : its role in national development /

Berg, Alan.

The Nutrition factor : its role in national development / created by Alan Berg - xii, 290 pages : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The malnutrition problem Malnutrition and development Improved nutrition and the population dilemma Economic growth, income, and nutrition Nutritional effects of agricultural advances Educating for better nutrition The crisis in infant feeding practices The new foods Problems and promise of private industry Feeding children through public programs Lessons from the Indian experiment Policy directions and program needs

Monograph examining malnutrition as an obstacle to economic development in developing countries - discusses ways of improving nutrition, such as changing agricultural policy and incomes policy, developing a technique of nutrition education (incl. The use of mass media), changing infant feeding practices, the use of new and fortified foods and protein rich food, etc., and includes recommendations in respect of the role of private enterprise, the development of children feeding programmes, etc. References and statistical tables

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Nutrition
Social planning.

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