Research Catalog

Title

Nutrition, national development, and planning : proceedings of an international conference. / edited by Alan Berg, Nevin S. Scrimshaw [and] David L. Call.

Author

International Conference on Nutrition, National Development, and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971.

Publication

Cambridge : MIT Press, [1973]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Berg, Alan, 1932-
• Scrimshaw, Nevin S.
• Call, David L., 1932-

Description

xiii, 401 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Nutrition > Congresses
• Economic development > Congresses
• Nutrition policy > Congresses
• Nutrition disorders
• Nutrition
• Social planning
• Developing Countries
• Nutrition Disorders
• Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
• Social Planning
• Social planning
• Nutrition disorders
• Economic development
• Nutrition
• Nutrition policy
• Voedselvraagstuk
• Economische ontwikkeling

Genre/Form

• Congress
• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• The effects of nutrition on the individual -- The effect of malnutrition on the individual / Joaquín Cravioto and Elsa R. De Licardie -- Nutrition, planning, and development / Maaza Bekele -- Malnutrition : macrolevels and microlevels / Karl Eric Knutsson -- The effect of malnutrition on the individual : cellular growth and development / V. Ramalingaswami -- General discussion -- The role of nutrition in national development -- Nutrition and national development / Benjamin Barg -- Nutrition and economic growth / John W. Mellor -- Nutrition and population / Carl E. Taylor -- A note on the poor nation situation / Wilfred Malenbaum -- Planning priorities in nutrition and development / Mohamed A. Nour -- General discussion -- Diagnosis of food and nutrition problems and establishment of priorities -- Significance of malnutrition and priorities for its prevention / J.M. Bengoa -- The economic analysis of malnutrition / Douglas Wilson -- The importance of accurate measures of malnutrition / Moisés Béhar -- Nutrition and agriculture / P. Mahadevan -- Problems in nutrition diagnosis and planning / F.T. Sai -- General discussion.
• Determinants of malnutrition and alternative nutrition intervention programs -- A systematic approach to nutrition intervention programs / David L. Call and F. James Levinson -- Nutrition intervention programs : identification and selection / Leonard Joy -- Possible modifications in development aid policy / Saburo Okita -- Importance of project preparation and evaluation / Mogens Jul -- Marketing unconventional protein-rich foods -- one form of nutrition intervention / Uwe Kracht -- The mass media contribution to intervention programs / Richard K. Manoff -- Suggested components of intervention programs / Amorn Nondasuta -- General discussion -- A conceptual approach to national nutritional program planning -- Nutrition program planning : an approach / Alan Berg and Robert Muscat -- Importance of the nutrition component in economic planning / Fanny Ginor -- Focusing attention on nutrition in development planning / Robert R. Nathan -- Top priority programs in national development plans / Roberto Rueda-Williamson -- Some conceptual and administrative difficulties in nutrition planning / In Sang Song -- National nutrition survey in Japan / Sadao Orita -- General discussion -- Case studies -- A historical perspective / Michael C. Latham -- The Czech experience in nutrition improvement / L. Kr̆ikava, J. Mas̆ek, and P. Malek -- The national nutrition program in Colombia / Jaime Paez-Franco -- The nutrition movement in India / Asok Mitra -- Nutrition in national development : the Japanese experience / Toshio Oiso -- General discussion -- Summation / Derrick B. Jelliffe -- Closing remarks / Jerome B. Wiesner.

ISBN

• 0262020920
• 9780262020923

LCCN

73004799

OCLC

• ocm00605748
• 605748
• SCSB-112870

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library