Overview

This book explores the intersection of nutrition and public health to analyze the impact of dietary choices on communities and individuals. It details evidence-based strategies, global health challenges, and nutrition-sensitive issues to cover the important aspects of nutrition, which are essential for developing an understanding of public health. The subject matter of this book includes: Nutrition epidemiology for developing countries Nutrition care of adolescents Dual nutrition burden in women Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Nutrition for the elderly Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan or Bhutan)

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Author:   Sheila Chander Vir
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032840727

ISBN 10:   1032840722
Pages:   848
Publication Date:   17 March 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Preface List of Contributors 1. Investing in nutrition: Central to sustainable development 2. Principles of epidemiology and epidemiological methods 3. Nutrition epidemiology for developing countries 4. Measuring undernutrition and overnutrition in children 5. Undernutrition in children: Significance, current situation, determinants, programme principles and intervention package 6. Essential newborn health and nutrition care: Emerging and evolving interventions and program scenario: Global and India 7. Nutrition care of term, preterm and sick newborns 8. Optimal infant and young child feeding 9. Protection, promotion and support to breastfeeding 10. Optimal neonatal nutrition and care: Early and exclusive breastfeeding and human milk banking support system 11. Complementary feeding: Programme design framework, implementation and measuring progress 12. Infant and young child feeding: Tracking development in policy, community-based program strategy and emerging lessons for future direction in LMICs 13. Nutrition care in the first year of life: Significance, key experiences and emerging lessons in preventing growth faltering and promoting “catch up” growth 14. Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM): Community and facility-based management 15. Prevention and management of overweight and obesity in children 16. Nutrition care of adolescents: Crucial for optimum growth, development and intergenerational health 17. Improving women’s nutrition: Critical for breaking the life cycle of malnutrition 18. Dual nutrition burden in women 19. Nutrition for the elderly

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Sheila Chander Vir is senior Public Health Nutrition consultant and the Founder Director of Public Health Nutrition and Development Centre, New Delhi, India. She completed MSc (Foods and Nutrition) from Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, India and PhD from the Institute of Clinical Sciences, Queen’s University of Belfast, United Kingdom. She was also Programme Officer (Nutrition) with UNICEF (India) where she provided strategic and technical leadership for policy formulation and implementation of nutrition programmes in India and the state of Uttar Pradesh.

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