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Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volume 12, Number 3, September 1990


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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 Press 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 ACC Sub-committee on Nutrition.

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Editor: Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw
Assistant Editor: Ms. Edwina B. Murray
Editorial Consultant: Ms. Sarah Jeffries

Associate Editors:

Dr. Hernán Delgado, Director, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), Guatemala City, Guatemala
Dr. Peter Pellet, Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass., USA
Dr. Aree Valyasevi, Professor and Institute Consultant, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

WHFNB-47/UNUP-760
ISBN 92-808-0760-9
ISSN 0379-5721

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Contents


Editorial policy

Nutrition and education

Nutrition and education: Editorial introduction
Malnutrition and infection in the classroom: Summary and conclusions
Health and nutrition considerations in education planning. 1. Educational consequences of health problems among school-age children
Health and nutrition considerations in education planning. 2. The cost and effectiveness of school-based interventions

Public health nutrition

The contribution of severe malnutrition to child mortality in rural Bangladesh: Implications for targeting nutritional interventions
Variability of total energy and protein intake in rural Bangladesh: Implications for epidemiological studies of diet in developing countries
Social science perspectives on primary health care activities

Food science

Food fortification in the English-speaking Caribbean
Provitamin A determination problems and possible solutions

Books received

News and notes

Note for contributors

Note a l'intention des auteurs

Nota para los posibles autores

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