Nutrition and global health / Shawn W. McLaren. -- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2023. – (61.115/M161)

Contents

Preface
1  Introduction
   References
2  Assessing Nutritional Status
   2.1  Introduction
   2.2  Measuring Weight and Height in Infants and Young Children
   2.3  Growth References and Growth Standards
   2.4  Plotting and Interpreting the Growth Chart
   2.5  Mid-Upper Arm Circumference
   2.6  Assessing Adults: Waist Circumference and BMI
   2.7  Biochemical Indicators of Nutritional Status
   2.8  Clinical Assessment Indicators
   2.9  Dietary Intake Assessment and Food Security Indicators.
   2.10  An Introduction to WHO Anthro - Online Anthropometric Software
   Annex: Summary of Recommended Data Quality Checks
   References
3  Nutrition Surveillance
   3.1  Introduction
   3.2  The Uses of Nutritional Survey Data
   3.3  Competing National Health Priorities and Their Effect on the Focus of Nutritional Survey Data
   3.4  Methods of Nutritional Surveillance
   3.5  Analysing Health Data
   References
4  Nutrition and Infectious Disease
   4.1  Introduction
   4.2  The Relationship Between Infectious Disease and Malnutrition
   4.3  WaSH and Diarrhoeal Disease
   4.4  HIV, Malaria, Tuberculosis and intestinal Parasites
   4.5  Integrated Management of Childhood illness (IMCI)
   References
5  Maternal and Child Nutrition
   5.1  Introduction
   5.2  Nutrition During Pregnancy
   5.3  Infant Feeding 0-6 Months
   5.4  Infant Feeding 6-12 Months
   5.5  Infant Feeding 12 Months and Beyond
   5.6  Initiatives to Promote Exclusive Breastfeeding
   5.7  Challenges in infant and Young Child Feeding
   5.8  Conclusion
   References
6  Childhood Malnutrition
   6.1  Stunting
   6.2  Causes of Stunting
   6.3  Prevention and Treatment of Stunting
   6.4  Clinical Signs of Malnutrition
   6.5  Pathophysiology of Acute Malnutrition
   References
7  Micronutrient Deficiencies - Iron, Iodine, Vitamin A, Zinc and Folate
   7.1  Micronutrient Deficiency
   7.2  Strategies to Address Micronutrient Deficiency
   7.3  Iodine
   7.4  Vitamin A Deficiency
   7.5  Zinc Deficiency
   7.6  Conducting a Systematic Search
   Appendix A Studies from Search
   References
8  The Nutritional Double Burden of Disease
   8.1  Introduction
   8.2  Causes of the Nutritional Double Burden
   8.3  Drivers of the Nutritional Double Burden
   8.4  Regulation of Energy Storage and Expenditure - Including Fat Stores
   References
9  Food Security, Sustainable Food and Agriculture
   9.1  Introduction
   9.2  The Dimensions of Food Security
   9.3  Duration and Severity of Food Insecurity
   9.4  Vulnerability to Food Insecurity
   9.5  Global Challenges and Strategies for Food Security
   9.6  Sustainability and Agriculture
   9.7  Per capita food availability, predictions of carry capacity and population size
   9.8  Growing a Vitamin A Garden
   References
10  Working in the Global Health Environment
    10.1  Introduction
    10.2  Planning a Programme
    10.3  Assessing Community Capacity and Resource Requirements
    10.4  Community Mobilisation
    10.5  Ethics in Global Health
    10.6  Designing a Logframe Analysis
    References
11  Nutrition in Emergencies
    11.1  Climate Change
    11.2  Global Nutrition and Health Strategies in the Context of Climate Change
    11.3  Armed Conflict and Nutritional Emergencies
    11.4  Drivers of Humanitarian Emergencies
    11.5  Natural Disasters and Nutritional Emergencies
    11.6  Strategies to Address Malnutrition in Emergency Settings.
    11.7  Delivering Nutrition Services During Emergencies
    11.8  Conclusion
    11.9  The Future of Nutrition and Global Health
    References
Index