Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-cjp7w Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-29T03:06:28.308Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

2 - Food and nutrition

from Section 1 - Health and disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

By
Andrew Prentice  and
Chidi Nweneka
Edited by
David Mabey ,
Geoffrey Gill ,
Eldryd Parry ,
Martin W. Weber  and
Christopher J. M. Whitty
David Mabey
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Geoffrey Gill
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
Eldryd Parry
Affiliation:
Tropical Health Education Trust
Martin W. Weber
Affiliation:
World Health Organization, Jakarta
Christopher J. M. Whitty
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Get access
Type
Chapter
Information
Principles of Medicine in Africa , pp. 24 - 45
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2013

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Barker, DJP (1998). Mothers, Babies and Health in Later Life. London: Churchill Livingstone.Google Scholar
Bhutta, ZA, Ahmed, T, Black, RE et al. (2008). What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival. Lancet; 371: 417–40.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Black, RE, Allen, LH, Bhutta, ZA et al. (2008). Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences. Lancet; 371: 243–60.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
FAO (2010) see ()
Fawzi, WW, Chalmers, TC, Herrera, MG, Mosteller, F. (1993). Vitamin A supplementation and child mortality. A meta-analysis. JAMA; 269: 898–903.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Islam, MM, Khatun, M, Peerson, JM et al. (2008). Effects of energy density and feeding frequency of complementary foods on total daily energy intakes and consumption of breast milk by healthy breastfed Bangladeshi children. Am J Clin Nutr; 88: 84–94.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Pettifor, JM (2004). Nutritional rickets: deficiency of vitamin D, calcium, or both?Am J Clin Nutr; 80(6 Suppl): 1725S–9S.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Prentice, A (2008). Vitamin D deficiency: a global perspective. Nutr Rev; 66(10 Suppl 2): S153–64.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Prentice, AM, Paul, AA (2000). Fat and energy needs of children in developing countries. Am J Clin Nutr; 72(5 Suppl): 1253S–65S.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Sommer, A. (2008). Vitamin a deficiency and clinical disease: an historical overview. J Nutr; 138: 1835–9.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Walker, CL, Black, RE (2010). Zinc for the treatment of diarrhoea: effect on diarrhoea morbidity, mortality and incidence of future episodes. Int J Epidemiol; 39 Suppl 1: 163–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
WHO (1999a). Thiamine deficiency and its prevention and control in major emergencies. World Health Organization, Geneva (available online at )Google Scholar
WHO (1999b). Scurvy and its prevention and control in major emergencies. World Health Organization, Geneva (available online at )Google Scholar
WHO (2000). Pellagra and its prevention and control in major emergencies. World Health Organization, Geneva (available online at )Google Scholar
WHO Working Group (1986). Use and interpretation of anthropometric indicators of nutritional status. Bull Wld Hlth Org; 64: 924–41.Google Scholar
Food and Agriculture Organization .
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition .
International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders .
International Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements Project (iLiNS) .
International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group .
Micronutrient Forum (merged organisation from the previous International Vitamin A Consultative Group (IVACG) and the International Nutritional Anemia consultative Group(INACG)) .
Micronutrient Initiative .
World Health Organization (Nutrition pages) .

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×