Food and Nutrition Surveillance and Planning in Kilifi District, Kenya
Food and Nutrition Surveillance and Planning in Kilifi District, Kenya

Author: J. O. Owuor

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13:

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The objective of this paper is to present an alternative approach to nutrition planning in Kilifi District, taking into account the multidimensional and multidisciplinary nature of nutrition. The first part of this report deals with the initial assessment of the problems and constraints in the nutrition planning process and data management procedures. This is done concurrently with the assessment of the nutritional problems. The second part deals with the implementation of the alternative approach to nutrition planning. Last, some observations are made of lessons learned during the initial assessment and the implementation of the approach.

Food and Nutrition in Kenya
Food and Nutrition in Kenya

Author: A. A. J. Jansen

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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Abstract: A reference text for food and nutrition researchers, nutritional anthropologists, health care professionals, and epidemiologists provides a comprehensive historical summary of all nutrition research undertaken in Kenya. The 19 sections of the te xt cover a wide variety of topics, including: food intake studies; the composition of Kenya foods; clinical aspects of protein-energy malnutrition; the nutritional status and development of different age groups; vitamin and mineral deficiencies; nutritional status and infection; morbidity and mortality data; biochemical studies; nutritional interventions; organ-specfic disorders; food technology, agricultural, and toxicological studies; studies on various Kenyan sociological subclasses; and specific studies on women. A discussion of the national Kenyan food policy is included. Numerous data and literature citations are included throught the text.

Food Security and Nutrition
Food Security and Nutrition

Author: Uwe Kracht

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13: 9783825831660

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The persistence of an unacceptably high level of hunger and malnutrition worldwide presents a serious challenge to the world on the threshold of the third millenium. Although enough food is produced to feed mankind, about 840 million people go hungry; among them are 185 million pre-school children that are severely underweight for their age. Since an additional 80 million people have to be fed each year, achieving food security is a central global challenge, if not the most important development issue. The aim of the reader is to analyze actual problems in the field of food security and nutrition and to discuss present and future strategies to overcome hunger. Food security is a complex subject. In order to master this complexity, we distinguish between four dimensions of analyses: Theoretical-analytical, empirical-descriptive, normative-political, institutional. (Series: Spektrum. Berliner Reihe zu Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik in Entwicklungsländern/Berlin Series on Society, Economy and Politics in Developing Countries - Vol. 50)