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Advancing health in developing countries: The role of social research. Lincoln C. Chen, Arthur Kleinman, and Norma C. Ware, eds. Auburn House, Westport, Conn., USA, 1992. (ISBN 0-86569-034-0) 228 pages, hardback.
This book contains papers presented at a workshop organized by the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1989. The first part contains three chapters on social, behavioural, and anthropological research and its relevance to health and social change. The second part contains five case studies of the linkages between social research and actions, selected to represent key health problems and remedial actions. The health problems discussed are smoking, AIDS, malaria, and diarrhoea. The approaches discussed are equally relevant to specific nutrition problems. The final two chapters address direct linkages between social research and social interventions. The workshop discussions reported in the final chapter emphasize that social science research can be a key factor in accelerating health transition since most health interventions are fundamentally social interventions that require changes in human behaviour at levels ranging from that of policy makers and health workers to that of households and individuals. Public health professionals and students will find the book stimulating and informative.
The health of adults in the developing world. Richard G. A. Feachem, Tord Kjellstrom, Christopher J. L. Murry, Mead Over, and Margaret A. Phillips, eds. A World Bank Book. Oxford University Press, 1992. 350 pages.
This book contains a great deal of useful information on the health of adults worldwide, with emphasis on morbidity and mortality from infectious and chronic diseases. Unfortunately it contains almost nothing on the extent and consequences of chronic undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, which contribute importantly to the morbidity and mortality recorded. Available from The World Bank Publications, Marketing Unit, Washington, D.C.; telephone (202) 473-2033 (reference no. IBRD PA1184).
Food scarcity and famine: Assessment and response. Helen Young. Oxfam Practical Health Guide no. 7. Oxfam, Oxford, UK, 1992. (ISBN 0-85598-145-8) 121 pages, paperback.
This is a concise practical guide based on extensive firsthand experience, which recognizes that persons suffering from food scarcity or famine may need other measures beside food. It offers advice on carrying out and interpreting initial assessments and emphasizes determining the causes of the food scarcity by seeking the views of those affected. How to distribute food by targeting the people who need it most and how to manage therapeutic feeding programmes are covered. Appendices provide detailed information on nutrition survey techniques, nutrition survey statistics, report formats, nutritional value of food commodities, food storage, and recipes for supplementary food mixes. Its principle value will be for relief workers in the field. Available from Oxfam Publications, PO Box 120, Oxford OX2 7FA, UK.
Frontiers of nutrition and food security in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Neil G. Kotler, ed. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. (ISBN 156098-145-8) 171 pages, paperback. US$12.95 plus $2.95 postage and handling.
This volume is based on a symposium held as part of the 1990 World Food Prize ceremonies in Washington, D.C. In addition to the World Food Prize lecture by Dr. John Niederhuaser, "The Role of the Potato in the Conquest of Hunger," it includes chapters on the impact of low-dose vitamin A intakes on child survival, strategies to combat iron-deficiency anaemia in China, food security in Africa, food and health policy in Chile, and social marketing to change health and nutrition behaviour. The well edited 50 pages of substantive discussion of these topics are a stimulating feature of the book.
For earth's sake: A report from the Commission on Developing Countries and Global Change. IDRC, Ottawa, Canada, 1992. (ISBN 0-88936-622-5) 145 pages, paperback.
This is the report of a commission cosponsored by the Canadian and Swedish assistance agencies, IDRC and SAREC, to consider options for supporting developing countries in the Human Dimensions of Global Change Programme. The seven commission members organized a meeting with 27 other social and natural scientists from developing countries and developed an analysis and set of recommendations wholly from a third-world perspective. These include values and principles together with approaches and a research agenda that address inequality, poverty, basic needs, gender, cultural diversity, international economic factors, national development models and styles, market mechanisms and the environment, the international political and economic order, and a number of similar issues.
World food and you. Nan Unklesbay. Haworth Press, New York, 1992. (ISBN 1-56022-011-2) 444 pages, paperback.
This is an acceptable book for high-school honors courses and college survey courses concerned with the global food system. In 15 chapters it discusses global food needs, production, processing, and consumption as well as such current issues as the application of biotechnology, chemicals in the food supply, food policies, research progress, and environmental threats. It also reviews the function and requirements of nutrients. A comprehensive book of this sort requires an arbitrary and personal selection of what to include. In this case the choice is a reasonable one for students in English-speaking industrialized countries; it is not as appropriate for use in developing countries.
Improving America's diet and health: From recommendations to action. A report of the Committee on Dietary Guidelines Implementation, Institute of Medicine. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1991. (ISBN 0-309-04139-2) 239 pages, hardback.
The massive US Food and Nutrition Board publication Diet and Health Implications for Reducing Chronic Disease Risk (National Academy Press, 1989) provided a comprehensive review of the relationships of dietary patterns and nutrient intake to the risk of diet-related chronic diseases. The present report proposes a series of strategies to put the recommendations of the previous report into action. Although specifically developed for the United States, most of the strategies and recommendations are applicable to other countries with appropriate adaptation.
Data sourcebook for food scientists and technologists. Y. H. Hui, ed. VCH Publishers, New York, 1991. (ISBN 156081-009-2) 976 pages, 438 tables. DM 237.
This reference book provides easy access to certain useful scientific, technical, and legal data from the United States, most of which are otherwise only to be found scattered through many different documents. It includes the following areas:
Much of this information will be useful for professional food scientists and technologists in government, industry, and academia, both in the United States and in other countries, as well as for advanced students in food science and technology, and the book would be valuable in libraries used by such specialists.
Food and health data: Their use in nutrition policymaking. W. Becker and E. Helsing, eds. WHO Regional Publications, European Series, no. 344. WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, 1991. (ISBN 92890-1125-4) 171 pages, paperback.
Chapters discuss, within the European context, the use of a nutrition information system and data quality requirements, health-impact monitoring, food balance sheets, household budget surveys, dietary surveys, the limitations of foodcomposition tables, representative dietary data, and the use and misuse of dietary recommendations to evaluate food intake. Annexes review household budget data from 17 European countries, the nutrition surveillance system of Norway, and sugar flow in Norway.
Avances en aditivos alimentarios y la reglamentación de los alimentos: Aplicaciones y comentarios de origen químico y tecoológico. Hermann SchmidtHebbel. Editorial Universitaria, Santiago, Chile, 1990. 157 pages, paperback.
Written by the leading Latin America authority on the topic, this concise manual describes the full range of food additives, nutritional supplements, and contaminants of foods and discusses quality control for foodstuffs and the fundamentals of food-protection legislation. Spanishspeaking professionals teaching, studying, or implementing food processing and food quality controls will welcome its availability.
Starch hydrolysis products: Worldwide technology, production and applications. Fred W. Schenck and Ronald E. Hebel, eds. VCH Publishers, New York, 1992. (ISBN 1-56081-055-6) 650 pages, 131 figures, 91 tables. DM 235.
This book provides up-to-date coverage of all aspects of production, technology, and applications for starchhydrolysis products produced around the world. It includes details of factory design and construction, analysis, quality control, waste treatment, legal aspects, metabolism, and industry economics and a directory of suppliers of equipment, ingredients, and technology from around the world.
Integrated resource management: Agroforestry for development. Charles V. Kidd and David Pimentel, eds. Academic Press, New York, 1992. (ISBN 0-12406410-8) 223 pages, hardback.
This book covers far more than the title implies. Its initial chapters on global trends in food production and population change provide excellent background information, and its chapters on soil and land, soil erosion, and water give a global perspective. The agroforestry section reviews integrated resource management systems, ecosystems and economics, social aspects of resource management systems, and a sociological analysis of alternative agriculture. The book points out that the practice of measuring the productivity of agriculture entirely in terms of physical outputs is fundamentally flawed. It must take into account also the costs of inputs, including long-term environmental and health costs, compared with the value of outputs. This book provides a sound background on an important nutrition-related Issue.
Nutrition and immunology. Ranjit Kumar Chandra, ed. ARTS Biomedical, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, 1992. (ISBN 0-921554-02-08) 334 pages, hardback.
This book, resulting from the First International Conference on Nutrition and Immunology, summarizes much of the remarkable progress in nutritional epidemiology in the last decade. The first two chapters are excellent comprehensive surveys based on the award lectures "Nutrition and Immunology" and "Breastfeeding Infections and Immunology." The remaining papers-grouped in three sections, dealing with immunity and infections (6 papers), immune function in the elderly (8 papers), and food allergy (10 papers) - include discussions of immunity and trace minerals, malnutrition, surgery, cancer, and sepsis. There are no reports of research on the two micronutrient deficiencies of greatest international concern, iodine and vitamin A, but these are recognized as topics that should be accorded high priority.
Cereal based oral rehydration therapy for diarrhoea. Katherine Ellott, Kathy Attawell, Ronald Wilson, Norbert Hirschorn, William B. Greenough, and Khin-Maung-U, eds. International Child Health Foundation, Karachi, Pakistan, 1990. (ISBN 929099-011-5) 99 pages, paperback.
The most important advance in the treatment of cholera and severe diarrhoea from other causes was the discovery that the addition of glucose to a salt mixture promoted absorption and prevented or corrected the dehydration responsible for death, particularly in young children. A glucose-salt mixture based on this discovery is now widely and effectively distributed in many developing countries with the support of UNICEF and other assistance agencies. In the 1980s work at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, showed that rice could serve as an effective carbohydrate source in oral rehydration solution. This was followed by research in a number of centres using maize, millet, sorghum, or rice with standard electrolytes. This publication is the report of a conference bringing together 118 persons, including all the leading researchers in the field. It is an authoritative summary of current knowledge of the use of cereal-based oral rehydration of severe diarrhoeas.
Prevention of childhood blindness. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992. (English edition ISBN 92-4156151-3; also available in French and Spanish) 51 pages, paperback. US$13.50; developing countries SwF 10.50.
This slender guide is based on the presentations and discussions of a meeting on the prevention of childhood blindness held in London in 1990 under WHO auspices. Its chapters summarize the prevalence and epidemiology, causes and control measures, strategies for prevention, and areas and priorities for action for the prevention of childhood blindness. Its primary use is likely to be in the training of health workers.
Do infants under six months of age need extra iron? A probe. Naomi Baumslag and Michael Favin, eds. MotherCare Working Paper 12. John Snow, Inc., Arlington, Va., USA, 1992. 54 pages, paperback.
This paper concludes that, until age and sex norms are established for the reference population and more precise measures of iron deficiency are developed, there is no justification for the indiscriminate iron fortification of formula and iron supplementation of breast-fed infants in the first six months of life.
Does iron supplementation make a difference? Nancy L. Sloan, Elizabeth A. Jordan, and Beverly Winikoff. MotherCare Working Paper 15. John Snow, Inc., Arlington, Va., USA, 1992. 49 pages, paperback.
This paper concludes that, as a public health approach, prolonged iron supplementation beginning before a woman becomes pregnant may be the best strategy to benefit the majority of the population (although some individuals will always require more aggressive treatment). Although this review demonstrates that iron supplementation is efficacious, there is evidence that the global prevalence of maternal anaemia has not changed in the past thirty years, even in the presence of iron-supplementation programmes.
The prevalence of maternal anemia in developing countries. Nancy L. Sloan and Elizabeth Jordan. MotherCare Working Paper 7B. John Snow, Inc., Arlington, Va., USA, 1992. 9 pages, paperback.
This pamphlet concludes that learning from past programme errors and creatively developing and testing new modes of intervention may be more productive in reducing the prevalence of maternal anaemia than further descriptive study.
A qualitative investigation of factors influencing use of iron folate tablets by pregnant women in West Java: A summary of findings. Mona Moore, Pandu Riono, and Siti Pariani. MotherCare Working Paper 13. John Snow, Inc., Arlington, Va., USA, 1991. 52 pages, paperback.
Nutrition and population links: Breastfeeding, family planning and child health. ACC/SCN Symposium Report, Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper no. 11. 1992. 61 pages, paperback.
Nutrition in developmental transition in South-East Asia. C. Gopalan. Regional Health Paper. WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, 1992. Paperback.
Macroeconomic adjustment and the poor: The case of Madagascar. Paul A. Dorosh, Rene E. Bernier, and Alexander H. Sarris. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Monograph 9. 1990. (ISBN 1-56401009-0) 159 pages, paperback.
Structural adjustment and stabilization in Niger: Macroeconomic consequences and social adjustment. Cathy L. Jabara. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Monograph 11. 1991. (ISBN 1-56401-011-2) 119 pages, paperback.
Malnutrition, household income, and food security in rural Malawi. Victoria Quinn, Babel Chiligo, and J. Price Gittinger. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Reprint Series. 1990.
The impact of export crop production on nutritional status in Cote d'Ivoire. David F. Sahn. Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program Reprint Series. 1990.
Pesticide residues in food-1991; Evaluations, 1991: Part II. Toxicology. Joint FAD/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and the WHO Expert Group on Pesticide Residues, Geneva, 16-25 Sep. 1991. International Programme on Chemical Safety, WHO, Geneva, 1992. (ISBN 92-4166507-6.) 318 pages, paperback. SwF 35; developing countries, SwF 24.50.
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Number references consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Identify references in the text and in tables and figure legends by arabic numerals enclosed in square brackets. References cited only in tables or figure legends should be numbered in accordance with the first mention of the relevant table or figure in the text. Be sure references are complete.
Reference citations should follow the format illustrated below.
Journal reference
1. Alvarez ML, Mikasic D, Ottenberger A, Salazar ME. Características de familias urbanas con lactante desnutrido: un analisis critico. Arch Latinoam Nutr 1979:29:22()-30.
2. Committee on Enzymes of the Scandinavian Society for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Physiology. Recommended method for the determination of gammaglutamyltransferase in blood. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1976:36: 119-25.
Book or other monograph reference
3. Brozek J. Malnutrition and human behavior: experimental, clinical and community studies. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1985.
4. American Medical Association. Department of Drugs. AMA drug evaluations. 3rd ed. Littleton. Mass, USA: Publishing Sciences Group. 1977.
5. Medioni J. Boesinger E. eds. Mécanismes éthologiques de l'évolution. Paris: Masson. 1977.
6. Barnett HG. Compatibility and compartmentalization in cultural change. In: Desai AR. ed. Essays on modernization of underdeveloped societies. Bombay: Thacker. 1971.
Identification. Contributors should give their full name and highest degree, the name of departments and institutions to which the work should he attributed, the name and address of the author responsible for correspondence about the manuscript. and sources of support for the work. If the material in the article has been previously presented or is planned to be published elsewhere-in the same or modified form-a note should be included giving the details.
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Les références citées doivent suivre le format décrit ci dessous.
Journal
1. Alvarez ML, Mikasic D. Ottenberger A. Salazar ME. Características de familias urbanas con lactante desnutrido: un anàlisis critico. Arch Latinoam Nutr 1979:29:220-30.
2. Committee on Enzymes of the Scandinavian Society for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Physiology. Recommended method for the determination of gammaglutamyltransferase in blood. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1 976;36:11 9-25.
Livre ou autre monographie
3. Brozek J. Malnutrition and human behavior: experimental, clinical and community studies. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985.
4. American Medical Association. Department of Drugs. AMA drug evaluations. 3e éd. Littleton. Mass. (E.-U.): Publishing Sciences Group, 1977.
5. Medioni J, Boesinger E, éds. Mécanismes éthologiques de l'évolution Paris: Masson, 1977.
6. Barnett HG. Compatibility and compartmentalization in cultural change. Dans: Desai AR, ed. Essays on modernization of underdeveloped societies. Bombay: Thacker. 1971.
Identification. Les auteurs doivent indiquer leur nom complet et leur principal diplôme, le nom des départements et des institutions auxquels le travail doit être attribue, le nom et l'adresse de l'auteur charge de la correspondance sur le manuscrit ainsi que les sources de financement du travail. Si ['article a déjà été remis auparavant ou est retenu pour une autre publication-sous la même forme ou sous une forme modifiée-on l'indiquera de fa
on détaillée.
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The Editor
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Los editores del Food and Nutrition Bulletin agradecen el envío de contribuciones pertinentes al tema de la revista (yea la política editorial de esta revista en el interior de la tape anterior). La presentación de un articulo no es garantía de su publicación, Ia cual dependerá del criterio de los editores en lo que respecta a su pertinencia y calidad. Se ruega a los que deseen colaborar que consulten los números recientes de Food and Nutrition Bulletin pare cerciorarse de su contenido y estilo.
Idioma. Las contribuciones podrán remitirse en español, francés o ingles. En cave de utilizar español o francés, el autor deberá incluir. de ser posible. un resumen en ingles.
Formato. Los manuscritos deberán presentarse mecanografiadas, a doble espacio, con márgenes amplios. Solamente se presentaran originales mecanografiados o una fotocopia de los mismos de calidad equivalente. No se admitirán fotocopias en papel fino o satinado.
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Resúmenes. Se adjuntara al manuscrito un resumen que no exceda de 150 palabras. El resumen indicara el objetivo del estudio o investigación, métodos básicos (individuos, animales seleccionados en experimentos y métodos de observación y análisis). descubrimientos principales (si fuera posible aportando datos específicos y su significado estadístico). y las conclusiones principales. Se enfatizaràn los aspectos nuevos e importantes del estudio u observaciones. En el resumen no se citaran referencias ni se usaran abreviaturas ni siglas.
Cuadros y figuras. Todos los cuadros y figueas deberán presentarse en hojas de papel por separado. Los cuadros se mecanografiaran a doble espacio. Se presentaran solamente figuras originales. esquemas originales en tinta china o fotografías en papel brillo. Los nombres de las figuras estarán mecanografiados o impresos o rotulados profesionalmente, y no manuscritos.
Fotografías. El material fotográfico se presentara preferentemente en blanco y negro, en negativos o en impresión sobre papel brillante. No se devolverá este material fotográfico a no ser que así lo solicite el remitente.
Unidades de medida. Se utilizara preferentemente el sistema métrico decimal. De utilizarse otras unidades, deberán indicarse sus equivalentes en el sistema métrico decimal.
Referencias. Al final del articulo deberán consignarse las referencias, también en doble espacio. En las referencias no se consignaran documentos que no se hayan publicado, ni aquellos que hayan solicitado su publicación pero que no se han aceptado todavía.
Las referencias se numeraran consecutivamente en el orden en que aparecen en el texto. Las referencias en el texto, en los cuadros y en los epígrafes de figuras se identificaràn con números arábigos encerrados entre paréntesis rectangulares. Las referencias que se citan solamente en cuadros o epígrafes de figuras se numeraran de acuer do con la primera mención que se haga en el texto del cuadro o figura pertinente. Debe asegurarse que se dan sodas las referencias.
Las cites hechas a referencias deben adjustarse al formato indicado a continuación.
Referencia a publicación periódica
1. Alvarez ML, Mikasic D. Ottenberger A, Salazar ME. Características de familias urbanas con lactante desnutrido: un análisis critico. Arch Latinoam Nutr 1979;29:220-30.
2. Committee on Enzymes of the Scandinavian Society for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Physiology. Recommended method for the determination of gammaglutamyltransferase in blood. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1976;36:119-25.
Referencia a libro u otra monografía
3. Brozek J. Malnutrition and human behavior: experimental, clinical and community studies. Nueva York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 19X5.
4. American Medical Association. Department of Drugs. AMA drug evaluations. 3ra. edición. Littleton, Mass., EE.UU.: Publishing Sciences Group, 1977.
5. Medioni J, Boesinger E. editores. Mecanismos éthologiques de l'évolution. Paris: Masson. 1977.
6. Barnett HG. Compatibility and compartmentalization in cultural change. En: Desai AR, editor. Essays on modernization of underdeveloped societies. Bombay: Thacker, 1971.
Identificación. Los autores deberán consigner su nombre completo y titulación mas alta, nombre del departamento e instituciones a las que se atribuirá el trabajo, el nombre y la dirección del autor responsable de la correspondencia del manuscrito, y fuentes de sustentación del trabajo. Si el material del articulo ha sido presentado previamente o se prevé publicación en otra parte, en forma igual o modificada. se deberá agregar una note con detalles sobre dicha publicación.
Copias de la contribución. El contribuyente deberá conservar una copia del material que envié. No se devolveran los manuscritos a no ser que se pica su devolución. Las correcciones de prueba se enviaran a los autores solamente en caves excepcionales.
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Lee, Keith H. Steinkraus, and P.J. Alan Reilly The first part of
this study considers the role of fermented foods in different
food traditions around the world. The major types of food
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fermented foods in Asia, a comprehensive presentation is made of
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Food Composition Data Interchange Handbook
By John C. Klensin
This manual defines the organizing principles and formats of the
data interchange system in sufficient technical detail to permit
programs to be correctly written that will produce and interpret
interchange files that structure and preserve all the information
that is available. It provides precise definitions and
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ISBN 92808-0774-9
1992, 172 pages
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