Malnutrition caused by deficiencies of vitamins and minerals - also called hidden hunger - impairs both the intellectual and physical development of a child. Due to the absence of clinical symptoms and assessments, no intervention can be staged. The tragedy is that this, in turn, decreases the child’s chance to escape from poverty. This book looks at malnutrition in high-income countries, the nutrition transition and nutritional deficiencies in low-income countries, consequences of hidden hunger, and interventions to improve nutrition security. Written by leading experts in the field, it clearly stresses that national governments and international organizations must make malnutrition one of their top priorities in order to provide children with optimal conditions for a healthy future.
Cities of Tomorrow is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Trenchant, perceptive, global in coverage, this book is an unrivalled account of its crucial subject. The third edition of Cities of Tomorrow is comprehensively revised to take account of abundant new literature published since its original appearance, and to view the 1990s in historical perspective. This is the definitive edition, reviewing the development of the modern planning movement over the entire span of the twentieth century.
This book presents the research results of an interdisciplinary study on climate change policies by the Enforcing Environmental Policy (EEP) Network, a project supported by the Human Dimension Potential Programme. Contributions are from highly qualified economic and legal specialists based at research institutes across Europe. The book gives answers to several questions related to the implementation of the international rules on climate change, most notably the Kyoto Protocol. It analyses ways and means to facilitate and encourage compliance with the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol. It is addressed to policy-makers, academics, business-sector and stakeholders throughout and outside Europe. Due to its interdisciplinary approach, this work is a distinctive and unique product compared to the existing literature on the subject. The effective implementation of climate protection and clean air policy requires an understanding of the political, legal and economic structures and constraints facing policy makers - and this is exactly what this book offers.
En esta obra, de eminente carácter práctico se abordan con claridad y sencillez aspectos esenciales de la seguridad, higiene y protección ambiental en hostelería. Se pretende ofrecer al lector una visión completa de una de las áreas con mayor proyección e importancia dentro del ámbito de los servicios hosteleros.En un entorno en el que la concienciación y la preocupación por unas buenas prácticas higiénico-sanitarias están en continuo auge, presentamos una guía imprescindible para desenvolverse con soltura y eficacia dando cumplimiento efectivo a los requisitos legales y a las diferentes normativas que las administraciones públicas exigen en cuanto a calidad higiénico-sanitaria y ambiental en los negocios hosteleros. Para lograrlo se presta además especial atención a las buenas prácticas ambientales, objetivo común de hosteleros y clientes que cada vez en mayor medida reclaman calidad a todos los niveles. Asimismo, el contenido del libro presenta la particularidad de responder fielmente a las exigencias curriculares que se determinan en diversos certificados de profesionalidad en la familia de hostelería y turismo. Seguridad, higiene y protección ambiental en hostelería es un contenido de carácter transversal, lo que supone una gran ventaja para todos aquellos que se están formando en este ámbito profesional ya que presentamos una materia que aparece con carácter recurrente en certificados tan diversos como el denominado Cocina que está regulado por RD 1376/2008; Servicio de restaurante, regulado por RD 1256/2009 y 685/2011; Repostería, regulado por RD 685/2011; Servicio de bar y cafetería, regulado por RD 1256/2009 y RD 685/2011 o Gestión de procesos de servicios en restauración, regulado por RD 685/2011, entre otros. Estas particularidades convierten sin duda esta obra en referencia obligada para profesionales, docentes y alumnos vinculados al mundo de la hostelería y el turismo.
This report examines how the two global mega-trends of population ageing and rising inequalities have been developing and interacting, both within and across generations.
This book brings together the scientific evidence on the main effects of transport on human health and the environment. It sets the conceptual framework for future analyses of the health burden and health gains from transport policies. It outlines how these health concerns have been reflected in policy tools such as impact assessment, regulation and economic analysis, and identifies the areas where action is most needed. Discussions of the environment and health effects of transport need to be communicated in a way that is relevant for policy-makers and easily understood by nonscientists. That is the aim of this book, which summarizes the results of extensive reviews of the issues prepared by groups of prominent international experts. It is also planned to release the reviews themselves, to give a more detailed account of the scientific evidence. [Foreword]
Humanity is aging. In the last century, life expectancy has increased by as much as 25 years, the greatest increase in 5'000 years of history. As a consequence the elderly constitute today the fastest growing segment of the world's population. This new situation creates many social problems and challenges to health care which both the developed as well as the developing countries will have to cope with. The present publication shows that scientific progress has reached a level where nutritional interventions may play a decisive part in the prevention of degenerative conditions of age, improvement of quality of life and impact on health care burden and resources. Topics deal with such different aspects as the influence of prenatal and early infant nutrition on the future aged individual and effects of energetic restriction on longevity. Further contributions include studies on mitochondrial alterations, digestive problems, specific metabolic deviations mediated by insulin, bone degradation, structural changes, neuromuscular dysfunctions, mental state of the elderly as well as the response of the immune system to nutrient intake. Finally the book offers a review of requirements appropriate to meet the age-related public health challenges of the 21st century.
