Indigenous peoples' food systems & well-being : : interventions & policies for healthy communities / / edited by Harriet V. Kuhnlein [and three others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Kuhnlein, Harriet V., 1939-
• Place / Publishing House: Rome : : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,, [2013]; 2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (437 pages) :; illustrations (some color)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Why do Indigenous Peoples' food and nutrition interventions for health promotion and policy need special consideration? -- Chapter 2. Health disparities: promoting Indigenous Peoples' health through traditional food systems and self-determination -- Chapter 3. Global environmental challenges to the integrity of Indigenous Peoples' food systems -- Chapter 4. Infant and young child complementary feeding among Indigenous Peoples -- Chapter 5. Promotion of traditional foods to improve the nutrition and health of the Awajúnûûû of the Cenepa River in Peru -- Chapter 6. The Dalit food system and maternal and child nutrition in Andhra Pradesh, South India -- Chapter 7. Gwich'in traditional food and health in Tetlit Zheh, Northwest Territories, Canada: phase II -- Chapter 8. Inga food and medicine systems to promote community health -- Chapter 9. The value of Inuit elders' storytelling to health promotion during times of rapid climate change and uncertain food security -- Chapter 10. Culture-based nutrition and health promotion in a Karen community -- Chapter 11. The Nuxalk Food and Nutrition Program for Health revisited -- Chapter 12. Let's Go Local! Pohnpei promotes local food production and nutrition for health -- Chapter 13. Tasty tonoto and not-so-tasty tonoto: fostering traditional food culture among the Ainu people in the Saru River region, Japan -- Chapter 14. What food system intervention strategies and evaluation indicators are successful with Indigenous Peoples? -- Chapter 15. Human rights implications of Indigenous Peoples' food systems and policy recommendations -- Chapter 16. Policy and strategies to improve nutrition and health for Indigenous Peoples.