Nutrition and an Active Life
Subtitle: From Knowledge to Action
Contributors: PAHO
Publisher: Pan-American Health Organisation
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9789275127087; 9781282252431
Description: This publication, written by leading international public health professionals, highlights 13 case studies on a variety of topics including control of vitamin A deficiency, folic acid fortification of bread, control of iodine deficiency disorders, and the.
Table of contents: title: Cover13;; title: CONTENTS; title: PREFACE; title: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; title: INTRODUCTION; title: The Contribution of Science to Action; title: THE ROLE OF RESEARCH IN THE13;FORMULATION OF INFANT FEEDING13;POLICIES IN LATIN AMERICA; title: THE POLICY AND PROGRAM IMPLICATIONS13;OF RESEARCH ON THE LONG-TERM13;CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD13;NUTRITION: LESSONS FROM THE INCAP13;FOLLOW-UP STUDY; title: Micronutrients: Successful13;Interventions for the Correction13;of Specific Deficiencies; title: VIRTUAL CONTROL OF VITAMIN A13;DEFICIENCY IN NICARAGUA; title: FOLIC ACID FORTIFICATION OF13;WHEAT FLOUR AND THE PREVENTION13;OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS IN CHILE:13;A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE; title: SUGAR FORTIFICATION WITH VITAMIN A13;IN GUATEMALA: THE PROGRAMS13;SUCCESSES AND PITFALLS; title: Integrated Strategies at the Local Level; title: IMPLEMENTATION OF BREAST-FEEDING13;PRACTICES IN BRAZIL:13;FROM INTERNATIONAL13;RECOMMENDATIONS TO LOCAL POLICY; title: THE BEST BUY PROJECT IN PERU:13;NUTRITION RECOMMENDATIONS13;WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LOCAL13;URBAN MARKET REALITIES; title: AGITA S195;O PAULO:13;ENCOURAGING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY13;AS A WAY OF LIFE IN BRAZIL; title: PROMOTING ACTIVE LIFESTYLES AND13;HEALTHY URBAN SPACES: THE CULTURAL13;AND SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION OF13;BOGOT193;, COLOMBIA; title: Integrated Strategies at the13;National Level; title: IMPROVING NUTRITION IN MEXICO: THE13;USE OF RESEARCH FOR DECISION-MAKING13;IN NUTRITION POLICIES AND PROGRAMS; title: THE PUBLIC POLICY RESPONSE TO13;EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND NUTRITIONAL13;TRANSITION: THE CASE OF CHILE; title: TRANSPORTATION, URBAN DEVELOPMENT,13;AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN LATIN AMERICA:13;THEIR IMPORTANCE TO PUBLIC HEALTH13;AND AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE; title: CONCLUSIONS