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Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volume 3, Number 2, April 1981


Table of contents


Published by the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan.

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The Food and Nutrition Bulletin incorporates and continues the former PAG Bulletin of the Protein-Calorie Advisory Group of the United Nations system and is published quarterly by the World Hunger Programme of the United Nations University in collaboration with the United Nations ACC Sub-Committee on Nutrition. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the United Nations University or the UN ACC Sub-Committee on Nutrition.

All correspondence, suggestions, comments, news, and notes should be addressed to: Food and Nutrition Bulletin, The United Nations University, Toho Seimei Building, 15-1 Shibuya 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan. All material may be freely reproduced providing acknowledgement is given and a copy of the publication containing the reproduction is sent to the Bulletin.

(c) The United Nations University, 1981
WHFNB-10/UNUP-254
ISSN 0379-5721
ISBN 92-808-0254-2


Contents


Hunger and society

The causes of hunger
Child nutrition and dietary diversity within the family: A view from the Caribbean
Supplementary feeding and nutrition of the young child

Hunger and technology

Egg preservation in China

Hunger and health

Examining the nutritive value of basic foods as a tool for the study of diets in poor countries

A brief for policy-makers

Breast-feeding versus bottle-feeding in developing countries

United nations system

A personal overview of the role and co-ordination of united nations agencies in food and nutrition

News and notes

Workshop
Forthcoming meetings and workshops

Book review

Nutrition and development of children from poor rural areas, and nutrición y desarrollo infantil

Letter to the editor

A process to lower the free gossypol content of cottonseed cakes

UNU world hunger programme

New objectives

Note for contributors

UNU World Hunger Programme Publications

How to Order UNU Publications

From the charter of the united nations university


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