Download or read book Manual on Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders VADD written by D.S. McLaren and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vitamin A plays a key role among the vitamins essential for healthy growth and development. Vitamin A deficiency disorders (VADD) are therefore an important part of general malnutrition that in the majority of cases leads to failure to thrive and underweight. Moreover, apart from adverse effects on health and survival in general, VADD can also lead to blindness, called xerophthalmia, and are also frequently accompanied by various infections. Last but not least, it has become evident that even mild degrees of VAD (and all other forms of nutritional deficiencies) have important adverse implications for health and are thus much more widespread than previously assumed.This publication systematically covers detailed and up-to-date information on every relevant aspect of VADD, with particular emphasis on providing an outline of their setting, nature, and significance. In addition to cutting-edge scientific information, the latest available data on the global occurrence of VAD from the World Health Organization is also included.
Download or read book Sight and Life Manual on Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders VADD written by Donald Stewart McLaren and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vitamin A Deficiency and Its Consequences written by Alfred Sommer and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 1995 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. ed. of: Field guide to the detection and control of xerophthalmia. 2nd ed. 1982.
Download or read book Sight and Life Slides on Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders VADD written by Donald Stewart McLaren and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manual on Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders VADD written by Donald Stewart McLaren and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date and comprehensive handbook Vitamin A plays a key role among the vitamins essential for healthy growth and development. Vitamin A deficiency disorders (VADD) are therefore an important part of general malnutrition that in the majority of cases leads to failure to thrive and underweight. Moreover, apart from adverse effects on health and survival in general, VADD can also lead to blindness, called xerophthalmia, and are also frequently accompanied by various infections. Last but not least, it has become evident that even mild degrees of VAD (and all other forms of nutritional deficiencies) have important adverse implications for health and are thus much more widespread than previously assumed. This publication systematically covers detailed and up-to-date information on every relevant aspect of VADD, with particular emphasis on providing an outline of their setting, nature, and significance. In addition to cutting-edge scientific information, the latest available data on the global occurrence of VAD from the World Health Organization is also included.
Download or read book Vitamin A Supplements written by WHO/UNICEF/IVACG Task Force and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 1997 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared by a WHO/UNICEF/IVACG Task Force
Download or read book Prevention of Micronutrient Deficiencies written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-03-24 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Micronutrient malnutrition affects approximately 2 billion people worldwide. The adverse effects of micronutrient deficiencies are profound and include premature death, poor health, blindness, growth stunting, mental retardation, learning disabilities, and low work capacity. Preventing Micronutrient Deficiencies provides a conceptual framework based on past experience that will allow funders to tailor programs to existing regional/country capabilities and to incorporate within these programs the capacity to address multiple strategies (i.e., supplementation/fortification/food-based approaches/public health measures) and multiple micronutrient deficiencies. The book does not offer recommendations on how to alleviate specific micronutrient deficienciesâ€"such recommendations are already available through the publications of diverse organizations, including the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Micronutrient Initiative, World Bank, United Nations Childrens' Fund, and the World Health Organization. Instead, this volume examines key elements in the design and implementation of micronutrient interventions, including such issues as: The importance of iron, vitamin A, and iodine to health. Populations at risk for micronutrient deficiency. Options for successful interventions and their cost. The feasibility of involving societal sectors in the planning and implementation of interventions. Characteristics of successful interventions. The book also contains three in-depth background papers that address the prevention of deficiencies of iron, vitamin A, and iodine.
Download or read book Vitamin A Deficiency and Its Consequences written by Alfred Sommer and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vitamin A Supplements written by WHO/UNICEF/IVACG Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vitamin A Deficiency written by Alfred Sommer and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many studies over the past decade and a half have indicated that vitamin A status is an important determinant of health. The World Bank now estimates that vitamin A intervention programs are some of the most cost-effective health strategies globally. This new book, written by leadinginvestigators in the field, is the first to synthesize the many important studies to date. The authors identify and quantify the biological, clinical and public health impact of vitamin A deficiency on childhood growth, mortality and morbidity, including anemia and blindness. They deal with theepidemiologic and biological basis of these findings, and with the prevention and treatment of these disorders, particularly of measles, diarrhea and xeorophthalmia. Alternative approaches to identifying individuals and populations in need of intervention, alternative strategies for improvingvitamin A and carotenoids, and the relationship between vitamin A and immunity are discussed. This comprehensive volume on a critically important and widespread nutritional deficiency will serve as a unique resource for nutritionists, physicians, public health workers and policy makers, and will beespecially relevant to clinicians and researchers in international health.
Download or read book Manual of Retinal Diseases written by Carlos A. Medina and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive source of authoritative information on the clinical features,diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and management of medical and surgical retinal diseases. The Manual has 122 chapters, organized in 18 sections covering medical and surgical aspects of retinal diseases such as trauma, AMD, Uveitis, infections, endophthalmitis, pediatric diseases, dystrophies, and tumors. Easy-to-read chapters convey the fundamental concepts with the aid of clinical photographs, imaging studies (including fluorescein and indocyanine angiograms, ultrasonograms, CT scans, and MRI scans) and tables. The manual is of value to a wide range of practitioners and trainees, including students,residents, fellows and ophthalmologists who treat retinal diseases.
Download or read book Vitamin A Supplements A Guide To Their Use In The Treatment Prevention Of Vitamin A Deficiency And Xerophthalmia written by W H O and published by . This book was released on 1991-09-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Towards the Conquest of Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders written by Donald S. McLaren and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Misuderstangings about night blindness. The stor of cod-liver oil. Vitamins and the arrow of time. The early neglect of xerophthalmia discovery of hte vitamin.
Download or read book Vitamin A Deficiency and Its Control written by Jack Christopher Bauernfeind and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: A reference text for nutrition researchers, clinical nutritionists, and other health care professionals provides 19 authoritative reviews by international experts concerning various aspects of the cause, symptoms, and treatment of vitamin A deficiency. Topics focusing on vitamin A deficiency include: global incidences; the physiologic and metabolic basis of the major symptoms of deficiency; nutrient-nutrient interactions; its pathogenesis and clinical aspects; its control by education and public health approaches; its control by diet and supplements; its control in various regions (India; Central America; the Philippines; Indonesia); its effect in pregnancy, lactation, and in the nursing infant; and programs for its prevention and treatment. Related topics include the effect of vitamin A status on the immune system and on cancer induction. The activities of major organizations involved in the eradication of vitamin A deficiency also are discussed.
Download or read book The Vitamin A Story written by R.D. Semba and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how vitamin A deficiency – before the vitamin was known to scientists – affected millions of people throughout history. It is a story of sailors and soldiers, penniless mothers, orphaned infants, and young children left susceptible to blindness and fatal infections. We also glimpse the fortunate ones who, with ample vitamin A-rich food, escaped this elusive stalker. Why were people going blind and dying? To unravel this puzzle, scientists around the world competed over the course of a century. Their persistent efforts led to the identification of vitamin A and its essential role in health. As a primary focus of today’s international public health efforts, vitamin A has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But, we discover, they could save many more were it not for obstacles erected by political and ideological zealots who lack a historical perspective of the problem. Although exhaustively researched and documented, this book is written for intellectually curious lay readers as well as for specialists. Public health professionals, nutritionists, and historians of science and medicine have much to learn from this book about the cultural and scientific origins of their disciplines. Likewise, readers interested in military and cultural history will learn about the interaction of health, society, science, and politics. The author’s presentation of vitamin A deficiency is likely to become a classic case study of health disparities in the past as well as the present.
Download or read book Public Health and Nutrition in Developing Countries Part I and II written by Sheila Chander Vir and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 1253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents an update on public health and nutrition problems of developing countries with a description of approaches used and efficiency of trials undertaken for addressing these. Additionally, it highlights the experiences emerging from up-scaling intervention programme planning and implementation.
Download or read book Vitamin A in Health and Disease written by Rune Blomhoff and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews the recent breakthroughs in vitamin A research. Discusses the metabolism of vitamin A; the mechanism of action of vitamin A and the provitamin A carotenoids; the role of retinoids in embryonic development, skin and epithelial cells, blood cells, vision, and reproduction; vitamin A deficiency and teratogenicity; and the anticancer role of vitamin A from an epidemiological point of view. Intended as a source of information for scientists engaged in research in the field of vitamin A.
