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  • Undernutrition and Public Policy in India

    Investing in the future

    Edición de Sonalde Desai, Lawrence Haddad, Deepta Chopra, Amit Thorat ...
    Despite substantial economic growth, India has one of the highest undernutrition rates in the world; it is home to almost 40 per cent of the world’s stunted children. This volume assesses the status and causes of undernutrition in the country, and examines the effectiveness of policies designed to address undernutrition. The essays tackle wide-ranging themes and challenging issues including ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

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  • An Uncertain Glory

    India and its Contradictions

    de Jean Drèze, Amartya Sen ...
    When India became independent in 1947 after two centuries of colonial rule, it immediately adopted a firmly democratic political system, with multiple parties, freedom of speech, and extensive political rights. The famines of the British era disappeared, and steady economic growth replaced the economic stagnation of the Raj. The growth of the Indian economy quickened further over the last three ... Leer más

    $26.69 USD

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    Obesity and the Limits of Shame

    de Patrick Luciani, Neil Seeman ...
    Obese individuals are twice as likely to experience heart failure as non-obese people. More than eighty-five per cent of type 2 diabetes sufferers are overweight. And in the United States, obese and overweight individuals make up more than two-thirds of the adult population. Public health organizations and governments have traditionally tried to combat obesity through shame-inducing policies, ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Prevention Is Primary

    Strategies for Community Well Being

    de Larry Cohen, Vivian Chavez, Sana Chehimi ...
    The new edition of Prevention Is Primary provides models, methods, and approaches for building health and equity in communities. This comprehensive book includes the theory, concepts, and models needed to harness social justice and practice primary prevention of unnecessary illness and injury. Ideal for students as well as practitioners, this thoroughly revised and updated second edition combines ... Leer más

    $81.00 USD

  • Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge: Early Childhood Care And Development In Sub-Saharan Africa

    de Garcia Marito H.; Pence Alan; Evans Judith ...
    This book, the first of its kind, presents a balanced collection of articles written by African and non-African authors ranging from field practitioners to academicians and from members of government organizations to those of nongovernmental and local organizations.Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge compiles the latest data and viewpoints on the state of Sub-Saharan Africa's children. Topics ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The State of Food and Agriculture 2013

    de FAOoftheUN ...
    Malnutrition in all its forms undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and overweight and obesity imposes unacceptably high economic and social costs on countries at all income levels. The State of Food and Agriculture 2013: Food systems for better nutrition argues that improving nutrition and reducing these costs must begin with food and agriculture. The traditional role of agriculture in ... Leer más

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  • Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2017: Investing in Food Systems for Better Nutrition

    de FAOoftheUN ...
    Malnutrition and stunting among children below the age of five remains high in many countries in the region, with large disparities among population groups. Recent initiatives –such as multisectoral approaches, amended policies and interventions that are more nutrition-sensitive – are helping, but these efforts need to be considerably scaled up.More people in Asia and the Pacific region are moving ... Leer más

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  • Urban Health and Society

    Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Practice

    Edición de Nicholas Freudenberg, Susan Klitzman, Susan Saegert ...
    Series Libro 17 - Public Health/Vulnerable Populations
    Praise for Urban Health and Society"This is a spectacular resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and students interested in improving the lives and health of individuals and families in urban settings. This book provides the most current frameworks, research, and approaches for understanding how unique features of the urban physical and social environments that shape the health of ... Leer más

    $74.00 USD

  • The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700–2100

    Europe, America, and the Third World

    de Robert William Fogel ...
    Series Libro 38 - Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time
    Nobel laureate Robert Fogel's compelling study, first published in 2004, examines health, nutrition and technology over the last three centuries and beyond. Throughout most of human history, chronic malnutrition has been the norm. During the past three centuries, however, a synergy between improvements in productive technology and in human physiology has enabled humans to more than double their ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • Food Fortification

    The evidence, ethics, and politics of adding nutrients to food

    de Mark Lawrence ...
    Food Fortification: The evidence, ethics, and politics of adding nutrients to food critically analyses mandatory food fortification as a technology for protecting and promoting public health. Increasing numbers of foods fortified with novel amounts and combinations of nutrients are being introduced into the food supplies of countries around the world to raise populations' nutrient intakes. It is a ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017. Building Resilience for Peace and Food Security

    de FAOoftheUN ...
    This year's The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World warns that the long-term declining trend in undernourishment seems to have come to a halt and may have reversed, largely on account of the above-mentioned factors. Meanwhile, though progress continues to be made in reducing child malnutrition, rising overweight and obesity are a concern in most parts of the world.These and other ... Leer más

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  • The Changing Body

    Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700

    de Roderick Floud, Robert W. Fogel, Bernard Harris, Sok Chul Hong ...
    Series series New Approaches to Economic and Social History
    Humans have become much taller and heavier, and experience healthier and longer lives than ever before in human history. However it is only recently that historians, economists, human biologists and demographers have linked the changing size, shape and capability of the human body to economic and demographic change. This fascinating and groundbreaking book presents an accessible introduction to ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD