CONTENTS:- Preface; Combating Vitamin A deficiency: Need for a revised strategy; Reflections on stunting; Thermogenesis in chronic under nutrition; The per cent Vo2 Max of undernourished schoolchildren and its role in the effort of daily activity; Energy requirement during infancy determined by the doubly-labelled water method; Studies on dietary proteins in brazil and some general lessons therefrom; Regulation of protein turnover in humans; Interactions of malnutrition, immunity and infection; Nutrition, Tuberculosis and BCG vaccination; Hepatic copper overload: Relative changes in hepatocyte and kupffer cell functions; Antimutagens and anticarcinogens in Indian diets; Studies on some aspects of fluorosis; A practical approach to increasing n-3 fatty acids in Indian diets; Aetiology and functional consequences of riboflavin deficiency; Neonatal chemical hypothyroidism of nutritional origin: A major health problem that impairs growth and development of children in goiter endemais of developing countries; IGF-I in nutritional assessment; Influence of nutritional deprivation on intelligence, cognition, fine motor coordination, Electro-physiology patter, learning abilities and study of possible mechanisms in Animal models.
DESCRIPTION
Medical experts and social organizations have identified the common minimum standards of food and nutrition for children for their harmonious growth. There are problems of malnutrition and deficiency in food contents; It is the duty of the home science expert to bring to the notice of the home science teachers, problems of malnutrition. Fortunately UNESCO has done commendable work in this area.
