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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 Su-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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The Food and Nutrition Bulletin is intended to make available policy analyses, state-of-the-art summaries, and original scientific articles relating to multidisciplinary efforts to alleviate the problems of hunger and malnutrition in the developing world. It is not intended for the publication of scientific articles of principal interest only to individuals in a single discipline or within a single country or region. Notices of relevant books and other publications will be published if they are received for review. The Bulletin is also a vehicle for notices of forthcoming international meetings that satisfy the above criteria and for summaries of such meetings.
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Editor: Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw
Assistant Editor: Ms. Edwina B. Murray
Editorial Consultant: Ms. Sarah Jeffries
Senior Associate Editor:
Dr. Cutberto Garza, Director and Professor, Division of
Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University. Ithaca, N.Y., USA
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
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A new horizon: Addressing food and nutrition problems in the Lao people's Democratic Republic
Changing nutritional patterns in the Caribbean and their implications for health
Growth monitoring: Experience from Ghana
Caracterización de la lactancia materna en Cuba
Feeding practices and growth in a healthy population of Cuban infants
Accuracy of mothers' responses to questions about breast-feeding practices
Some issues and problems in the usefulness of chemical composition data across boundaries
Carrots and dietary vitamin A adequacy
Shortcuts in cassava processing and risk of dietary cyanide exposure in Zaire
Milk, curd, and yoghurt from glandless and degossypolized glanded cottonseed protein
Technology for an instant almond gruel
Drought and famine relationships in Sudan: Policy implications
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