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Food and Nutrition Bulletin - Volume 19, Number 4













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Editor: Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw

Assistant Editor: Ms. Edwina B. Murray

Manuscripts Editor: Mr. Jonathan Harrington

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, Institute 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 Wolde-Gabreil, Director, Ethiopian Nutrition Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Dr. Aree Valyasevi, Professor and Institute Consultant, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol. 19, no. 4

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Table of Contents


Commentary

The blind men and the elephant
References

Editorial

Effectiveness of salt iodization for the prevention of iodine-deficiency disorders
References

Public health nutrition

Effects of iron supplementation on iron nutrition status and cognitive functions in children

References

Anaemia in central Asia: Demographic and health survey experience

Methods
Results
Discussion
References

The Iraqi national nutrition survey: Correlation between various anthropometric measurements as indicators of severity of malnutrition

References

Concurrent prevalence of chronic energy deficiency and obesity among women in Purworejo, central Java, Indonesia

Subjects and methods
Results
Discussion
References

Energy and protein intake and nutritional status of primary schoolchildren 5 to 10 years of age in schools with and without feeding programmes in Nyambene district, Kenya

Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusions and recommendations
References

The Helen Keller international food-frequency method underestimates vitamin A intake where sustained breastfeeding is common

Materials and methods
Results
References

Virtual elimination of iodine-deficiency disorders achieved in nine counties of Jiangsu province, China

Methods
Results
Discussion
References

Nutritional antropology

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of people in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with regard to iodine-deficiency disorders and iodized salt

Methods
Results
References

Indigenous knowledge of wild food hunting and gathering in north-east Thailand

Methods
Discussion and conclusions
References

Food science

Production and nutritional quality of traditional Nigerian masa from mixtures of rice, pearl millet, cowpea, and groundnut

Materials and methods
Results and discussion
References

Use of a participatory learning process to develop a curriculum for postgraduate nutrition training

Curriculum
Conclusions
References

Books received

News and notes