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Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volume 7, Number 2, June 1985


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Published by the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan.

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The Food and Nutrition Bulletin incorporates and continues the PAG Bulletin of the former Protein-Calorie Advisory Group of the United Nations System and is published quarterly by 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, comments, news, and notes should be addressed to: The Editor, Food and Nutrition Bulletin, The United Nations University Cambridge Programme Office, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 20A-201, Cambridge, Mass. 02139, USA. 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, 1985
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ISSN 0379-5721
ISBN 92-808-0544-4

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Contents

Food technology as a means of alleviating hunger and poverty

The contribution of food science and technology to the transformation and social management of rural areas
Interaction between pre-harvest and post-harvest systems and their implications for socio-economic development
The contribution of the post-harvest food system to employment generation and nutritional improvement: Case studies of the potential of dairy technologies
Indigenous fermented-food technologies for small-scale industries
Development of energy-saving technologies for the food processing industry
Energy use in food processing for nutrition and development

Food and nutrition policy

Political and analytical barriers to solving food problems
Proposal for a data base on food and nutrition

Nutrition education

Nutrition education: An overview of the issues
Classification of Nigerian foods: A review

Nutritional deficiency disorders

Iodine deficiency disorders: Clinical presentations and continuing problems

Book reviews

Malnutrition and behavior: Critical assessment of key issues.

UNU sub-programme on food, nutrition, and poverty

From the charter of the United Nations university


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