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Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volume 13, Number 2, June 1991


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Published by the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan.

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Contents


Acknowledgments

Diet, growth, and development

Editorial introduction
The importance of dietary quality versus quantity for weanlings in less developed countries: a framework for discussion
An analytical approach for exploring the importance of dietary quality versus quantity in the growth of Mexican children
Relationships among dietary quality, children's appetites, growth stunting, and efficiency of growth in poor populations
Effects of a diet deficient in iron on the growth and development of preschool and school-age children
Dietary vitamin-a deficiency: effects on growth, infection, and mortality
Quality versus quantity of infant diets: translating research into action

Nutrition and the elderly

Editorial introduction
Qualitative factors as possible indicators of inadequate dietary habits in the elderly: Findings from recent population studies
Use of combined methodologies in assessing food beliefs and habits of elderly Greeks in Greece
An anthropological approach to the study of food and health in an indigenous population

Book reviews and notices

News and notes

Note for contributors

Note a l'intention des auteurs

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