Child Growth and Nutrition in Developing Countries : : Priorities for Action / / ed. by Harold Alderman, David Pelletier, Per Pinstrup-Andersen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Alderman, Harold,; Behrman, ]ere R.,; Burger, Susan E.,; Cerqueira, Maria Teresa,; Engle, Patrice L.,; Esrey, Steven A.,; Haaga, John G.,; Huffman, Sandra L.,; Leslie, Joanne,; Levinson, F. James,; Lorge Rogers, Beatrice,; Martorell, Reynaldo,; Mebrahtu, Saba,; Olson, Christine M.,; Pelletier, David,; Pinstrup-Andersen, Per,; Ruel, Marie T.,; Shrimpton, Roger,; Steel, Adwoa,
• HerausgeberIn: Alderman, Harold,; Pelletier, David,; Pinstrup-Andersen, Per,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Food Systems and Agrarian Change
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.) :; 14 drawings, 14 charts/graphs, 22 tables

What can be done for the estimated 190 million of the world's children under age five who are chronically undernourished? This book presents a broad, multidisciplinary approach to eliminating child malnutrition in developing countries. Exploring its causes, consequences, and solutions, the volu...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• 1. Beyond Child Survival: An Overview of the Issues
• 2. Promoting Healthy Growth Rationale and Benefits
• 3. Household Behavior, Preschool Child Health and Nutrition, and the Role of Information
• 4. Nutrition Education in Developing Countries: An Examination of Recent Successful Projects
• 5. Growth Monitoring as an Educational Tool, an Integrating Strategy, and a Source of Information: A Review of Experience
• 6. Child Caregiving and Infant and Preschool Nutrition
• 7. Improving the Nutrition of Women in the Third World
• 8. Do Child Survival Interventions Reduce Malnutrition? The Dark Side of Child Survival
• 9. Water and Sanitation: Health and Nutrition Benefits to Children
• 10. Family Planning as a Promoter of Child Survival and Growth
• 11. Feeding Programs and Food-Related Income Transfers
• 12. Agriculture and Nutrition
• 13. Community Participation in Food and Nutrition Programs: An Analysis of Recent Governmental Experiences
• 14. Multisectoral Nutrition Planning: A Synthesis of Experience
• 15. Information as an Input into Food and Nutrition Policy Formation
• 16. The Role of Information in Enhancing Child Growth and Improved Nutrition: A Synthesis
• 17. Enhancing Child Growth and Nutrition Lessons for Action
• APPENDIX
• References
• Contributors
• Index