This is the old United Nations University website. Visit the new site at http://unu.edu

The United Nations University Press

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volume 15 (1993/1994), Number 3, September 1994

Table of Contents

Published by the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan.

Editorial address:

Food and Nutrition Bulletin
Charles Street Sta., P.O. Box 500
Boston, MA 02114-0500, USA
Tel: (617) 227-8747
Fax: (617) 2279405

Subscription address:

United Nations University Press
The United Nations University
53-70 Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150, Japan
Tel.: (03) 3499-2811. Fax: (03) 3406-7345.
Telex: J25442. Cable: UNATUNIV TOKYO.

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.

All correspondence concerning the content of the Bulletin, comments, news, and notices should be sent to the editor at the Boston editorial office address given above.

All material in the Bulletin may be reproduced freely provided acknowledgement is given and a copy of the publication containing the reproduction is sent to the editorial office.

The United Nations University (UNU) is an organ of the United Nations established by the General Assembly in 1972 to be an international community of scholars engaged in research, advanced training, and the dissemination of knowledge related to the pressing global problems of human survival, development, and welfare. Its activities focus mainly on peace and conflict resolution, development in a changing world, and science and technology in relation to human welfare. The University operates through a worldwide network of research and postgraduate training centres, with its planning and coordinating headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.

The United Nations University Press, the publishing division of the UNU, publishes scholarly books and periodicals in the social sciences, humanities, and pure and applied natural sciences related to the University's research.

Editor: Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw
Assistant Editor: Ms. Edwina B. Murray
Editorial Consultant: Ms. Sarah Jeffries
Senior Associate Editor—Clinical and Human Nutrition: Dr. Cutbeno Garza, Director and Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., USA

Senior Associate Editor-Food Science and Technology: Dr. Ricardo Bressani, Instituto de Investigaciones, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Associate Editors:

• Dr. Abraham Besrat, Senior Academic Officer, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
• Dr. Hern n Delgado, Director, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), Guatemala City, Guatemala
• Dr. Joseph Hautvast, Secretary General, IUNS, Department of Human Nutrition, Agricultural University, Wageningen, Netherlands
• Dr. Peter Pellet, Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass., USA
• Dr. Zewdie WoldeGebriel, Director, Ethiopian Nutrition Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Dr. Aree Valyasevi, Professor and Institute Consultant, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

© The United Nations University, 1994
WHFNB-57/UNUP-810
ISBN 92-808-0810-9
ISSN 0379-5721

Typeset by Asco Trade Typesetting Limited, Hong Kong
Printed by Permanent Typesetting and Printing Co. Ltd., Hong Kong

Contents

Editorial policy

Growth monitoring

Growth-faltering rates in California, Guatemala, and Tamil Nadu: Implications for growth-monitoring programmes

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Acknowledgements
• References

Growth monitoring in the context of a primary health care programme

• Abstract
• Introduction
• BRAC's primary health care programme
• The study
• Discussion
• Acknowledgements
• References

A low-cost tool for traditional birth attendants to identify low-birth-weight infants

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Methods
• Findings
• Discussion
• Acknowledgement
• References

Nutrition planning

Breast-feeding decline despite deteriorating socio-economic conditions

Early supplementary feeding, child development, and health policy

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• Selection bias
• Discussion
• Acknowledgements
• References

Nutritional profile of the population in a food-for-work project area: A case study from Samburu District, Kenya

• Abstract
• Background
• Research issues
• Methods of investigation
• Results
• Discussion
• Acknowledgements
• References

Projects to programmes: An international perspective

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Framework for scaling up
• Programme design and development
• Training, supervision, and management
• Special programme requirements
• Conclusion

Nutritional effects of export-crop production in Papua New Guinea: A review of the evidence

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Development of export-crop production
• Survey of effects by crop and location
• Other issues
• Summary and conclusions
• Acknowledgements
• References

Nutrition indicators for development: Priority and intervention efforts

• Abstract
• Nutrition indicators for development
• Nutrition indicators in the Philippines

Food science

Energy-dense weaning foods liquefied by germinated-wheat amylase: Effects on viscosity, osmolality, macronutrients, and bacterial growth

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Materials and methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Acknowledgements
• References

Preservation of beef using bacteriostatic chemicals and solar drying

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Materials and methods
• Results and discussion
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements
• References

ACC/SCN statement: The control of vitamin A deficiency

Note for contributors

Note à l'intention des auteurs

Nota para los posibles autores

United Nations University Press

Back to United Nations University Press Page