Nutrition and the world food problem
1979
Rechcígl, Miloslav
Abstract: A team of international experts examines the effects of malnutrition on the world population. It is estimated that over half of the people in the world exhibit signs of malnutrition, but the problem claims less attentionthan famine because it is less obtrusive. Malnutrition adversely affects physical and mental development, and causes economic productivity to decline. The physiological, pathological, and nutritional aspects of malnutrition are treated equally in the volume. Particular emphasis is placedon metabolic requirements of nutrition in early childhood, pregnancy and old age and the effect of malnutrition on physical performance, behavior and learning. The effects of overnutrition and undernutrition on metabolic and chronic diseases are reviewed, and the last chapters are devoted to papers on food habits, food faddism, food processing, food-borne diseases and food safety.
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