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Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volume 15 (1993/1994), Number 4, December 1994

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Editor: Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw
Assistant Editor: Ms. Edwina B. Murray
Editorial Consultant: Ms. Sarah Jeffries
Senior Associate Editor - Clinical and Human Nutrition: Dr. Cutberto 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. Hernán 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 Pellett, 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

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Contents

Editorial policy

Editorial

The Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama

Food science and technology

Fortification of foods: Historical development and current practices

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Definitions of terms
• Public health programmes
• Technological issues
• References

Micronutrient deficiencies

Vitamin A supplementation and child morbidity and mortality in developing countries

• Abstract
• Background
• Identification and review of controlled trials
• Did vitamin A supplementation have an effect on young child morbity and mortality?
• What can be expected in future programmes?
• What is the range of expected effects for future programmes?
• Distinction between relative and absolute effects of vitamin A on mortality
• Some implications for programme targeting
• Programme approaches
• Acknowledgements
• Appendix: Sources of study data
• References

Surveillance of micronutrient deficiency

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Who to measure: Target groups for surveillance
• Specific indicators
• Developing surveillance strategies
• Coordinated strategies
• Applied research needs
• References

Food and nutrition at the household level

The impact of non-traditional export agriculture on income and food availability in Guatemala: An intra-household perspective

• Abstract
• Market food acquisition in highland Guatemala
• Econometric estimation of the nutritional impact of non-traditional agriculture
• Impact of NTAE crop adoption on household income, women's income, and subsistence production
• Impact of NTAE crop adoption on intra-household income transfers and food expenditures
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgements
• References

Food nutrition surveillance at the household level

Sentinel surveillance in health and nutrition: Experience in Guatemala

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

Public health nutrition

The validity of clinic-based nutrition surveillance data: A study from selected sites in northern Malawi

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

Evaluation of the impact of messages to improve the diets of lactating rural Bangladeshi women on their dietary practices and the of their breast-fed infants

• Abstract
• Nutrition condition of women and children in Bangladesh
• Nutrition education
• Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgements
• References

Determinants of nutrition status of rural preschool children in Andhra Pradesh, India

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

Special article

Children's right to adequate nutrition

• Introduction
• History
• Whay children?
• Nested rings of responsibility
• The principle
• Soft versus hard rights
• Accountability
• Funding
• Capping entitlements
• Using existing programmes
• Task force on children's nutrition rights
• References

IUNS report

The state of food and nutrition in Africa, 1970s-1980s-1990s

• The problem of food and nutrition in Africa
• The concept of the causes of hunger and malnutrition
• Recommendations
• Action plan

Books received

News and notes

Note for contributors/Note à l'intention des auteurs/Nota para los posibles autores

Title of interest

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