TABLE OF CONTENTS Nutrition review    Nutrition and health from womb to tomb       Abstract       Introduction       Examples of nutritional disorders with lasting consequences       Synergism of nutrition and infection       Control and eradication of infectious diseases       Disappearance of some classic deficiency diseases       Diet and chronic disease       Significance of maternal nutrition       Foetal and infant nutrition and adult disease       Lessons from a study of civil war veterans       Lifestyle and the ageing process       Some significant non-nutritional behaviours of health importance       Physical environment and health       Improving on nature       Conclusion       References Public health nutrition    Female nutritional status across the life-span in sub-Saharan Africa. 1....       Abstract       Introduction       Macronutrient disorders       Micronutrient deficiencies       Gender differences in malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa       Conclusion       Acknowledgements       References       Appendix 1. Selected findings concerning information on female nutritional...    Female nutritional status across the life-span in sub-Saharan Africa. 2....       Abstract       Major determinants of female nutritional status       Functional consequences: Taking a life-cycle perspective       Conclusion       Acknowledgements       References    Blood cholesterol and triglycerides in adolescent Egyptian girls: Relation...       Abstract       Introduction       Subjects and methods       Results       Discussion       References    Daily versus weekly iron supplementation: Programmatic and economic implications...       Abstract       Introduction       Prevalence of anaemia in different population groups       Current iron supplementation programmes in Indonesia       Weekly dosing in iron supplementation       Costs of iron supplementation       References Food policy    Mitigating the effects of drought through food security and nutrition monitoring:...       Abstract       Introduction       Historical context of drought management in Southern Africa       The FSNM system       Use of FSNM information in emergency planning: The case of the 1991-92...       Lessons from the use of FSNM for drought management in Malawi       Concluding remarks       Acknowledgements       References       Appendix 1. Chronology of events in the management of the 1991-92 drought... Food science    Sources and forms of iron in Nigerian foods and effects of processing on...       Abstract       Introduction       Materials and methods       Results       Discussion       Acknowledgement       References Books received News and notes UNU Programme on Food and Nutrition for Human and Social Development