Nutrition and Health in a Developing World

This third edition reviews the epidemiology, policies, programs and outcome indicators that are important and should go together to improve nutrition and health in low-middle income settings (i.e. a developing world). This greatly expanded third edition provides policy makers, program managers, students and scientists in the area of public health and nutrition with the most recent and up-to-date knowledge regarding major health and nutritional problems in low-middle income settings. Experience with policies and programs that address both the biomedical as well as the social and economic determinants of nutrition and health as a way to improve the health and nutrition situation, and hence the development, of the most vulnerable people in the world, is increasing. This volume provides the most current overview of research and strategies so that policy makers, program managers, academics and students have knowledge and resources that they can use to advance the public's health and the development of nations to meet the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The third edition of Nutrition and Health in a Developing World takes on a new context where the word "developing" is now a verb and not an adjective.

Saskia de Pee, PhDSenior Technical Advisor, Nutrition Division, UN World Food ProgrammeRome, ItalyAdjunct Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts UniversityBoston, MD Douglas Taren, PhDProfessor of Public HealthMel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public HealthUniversity of ArizonaTucson, AZ Martin W. Bloem, MD, PhDSenior Nutrition Advisor/ WFP Global Coordinator UNAIDS, United Nations World Food ProgrammeRome, ItalyAdjunct Associate Professor, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimore, MDAdjunct Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Section I: History of Nutrition.- Nutrition and Development: Historical Perspective.- Section II: Contextualizing International Nutrition: Considering Benefit Cost, Evidence Base and Capacity.- Nutrition Evidence in Context.- Growing Capacity to Deliver Nutrition in Post 2015 World.- Section III: Malnutrition, Nutrients and (Breast) Milk Explained.- Malnutrition Spectrum.- Child Growth and Development.- Overweight and Obesity.- Nutrient Needs and Approaches to Meeting Them.- Vitamin A.- Iron.- Zinc.- Iodine.- Vitamin D.- Essential Fatty Acids.- Role or Milk in Nutrition.- The Role of Breastfeeding Protection, Promotion, and Support in a Developing World.- Section IV: Tuberculosis, HIV, and the Role of Nutrition.- Tuberculosis.- HIV.- Tuberculosis in Relation to Nutrition.- HIV and HIV/TB Co-infection in Relation to Nutrition.- Section V: Nutrition and Health in Different Phases of the Life Cycle.- Reproductive Health.- Maternal Nutrition and Birth Outcomes.- Small for Gestational Age:Scale and Consequences for Mortality, Morbidity, and Development.- Development Disabilities.- Adolescent Health and Nutrition.- Nutrition in the Elderly from Low and Middle Income Countries.- Section VI: Tackling Health and Nutrition Issues in an Integrated Way in the Era of the SDGS.- Evaluation of Nutrition Sensitive Interventions.- Integrated Approaches to Health and Nutrition: Role of Communities.- Nutrition in Emergencies.- Ending AIDS by 2030: Partnerships and Linkages with SDG 2.- Section VII: Trends in Urbanization and Development, Impacts on Food Value Chains and Consumers, and Private Sector Roles.- Urbanization Patterns and Strategies for Ensuring Adequate Nutrition.- Urbanization, Food, Security and Nutrition.- The Impact of Supermarkets on Nutrition and Nutritional Knowledge: A Food Policy Perspective.- Value Chain Focus on Food and Nutrition Security.- Role of Foundations and Initiatives by the Private Sector for Improving Health and Nutrition.- Section VIII: Ethics: Critical to Making Progress in Public Health.- Ethics in Public Health Research.