Infant and Child Nutrition Worldwide - Issues and Perspectives

This book provides a contemporary and historical overview of infant nutrition in Europe, North America, and the Third World. It covers issues including breast feeding, maternal undernutrition and reproductive performance, weaning, and the social and pyschological factors of breast feeding.

Sommario

1. Breast Feeding Practices During Industrialisation 1800–1919 2. The Geographic Distribution of Malnutrition 3. Maternal Undernutrition and Reproductive Performance 4. Breast-feeding: An International and Historical Review 5. Science and Lactation 6. Contemporary Feeding Practices in Infancy and Early Childhood in Developing Countries 7. Social and Psychological Factors in Breast-feeding 8. Weaning: Why, When and What? 9. Development in Infant Nutrition 10. The Infant Food Industry as a Partner in Health 11. Direct Intervention Programmes to Improve Infant and Child Nutrition

Info autore

Falkner\, Frank

Riassunto

This book provides a contemporary and historical overview of infant nutrition in Europe, North America, and the Third World. It covers issues including breast feeding, maternal undernutrition and reproductive performance, weaning, and the social and pyschological factors of breast feeding.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Frank Falkner, Falkner Frank
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 02.10.1991
• EAN: 9780849388149
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-8814-9
• Pagine: 326
• Peso: 589 g
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Mangiare e bere > Cucina sana, cucina salutistica; Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Uomo; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche cliniche; MEDICAL / Pediatrics, MEDICAL / Nutrition, Dietetics & nutrition, Dietetics and nutrition, Paediatric medicine, Paediatric medicine / child and adolescent medicine