Download or read book Calcium and Magnesium in Drinking water written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2009 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can calcium and magnesium ("hardness") in drinking water contribute to preventing disease? This book documents the outputs of an unprecedented group of experts assembled by the World Health Organization to address this question. It includes their comprehensive consensus view on what is known and what is not about the role and possible health benefit of calcium and magnesium in drinking-water. Also included is a series of chapters each authored by internationally renowned experts reviewing the state of the art in different aspects including: global dietary calcium and magnesium intakes; the contribution of drinking water to calcium and magnesium intake; health significance of calcium and magnesium; role of drinking-water in relation to bone metabolism; epidemiological studies and the association of cardiovascular disease risks with water hardness and magnesium in particular; water production; technical issues and economics. In both developed and developing countries, typical diets are often deficient in calcium and magnesium--essential minerals which are necessary for the development of strong bones and teeth, and for cardiovascular function. At the same time, there is evidence that consuming "hard" drinking-water may be associated with reduced risks for some diseases. Climate change and other ongoing changes will increase the use of high tech treatments--for example desalination and reclamation of polluted waters and mean that the issue will be of increasing future importance.
Download or read book Nutrition and Diet Therapy Reference Dictionary written by Rosalinda T. Lagua and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new fourth edition of the Nutrition and Diet Therapy Reference Dictionary covers all aspects of nutrition, including assessment of drug-nutrient interactions, laboratory interpretations, enteral and parenteral nutrition support, community and public health nutrition programs, nutrition throughout the life cycle, and such topics as nutrition and the immune system, nutrition labeling, chemical dependency, AIDS, and organ transplantation. Special features of the Dictionary are entries on 130 different diets (listed under D); nutrition therapy for more than 350 disorders, including inborn errors of metabo lism; 145 drugs and their effects on nutrition; and more than 150 nutritional products with their main uses and composition. Of particular importance are topics of public health concerns for the 1990s and the year 2000, and dietary recommendations for prevention of major degenerative diseases such as obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and cancer. With more than 3000 carefully selected entries, the new Fourth Edition includes 380 new terms and more than 600 revised and expanded definitions. In choosing the words to be entered and defined, the authors used as their criterion the frequency of use or importance of a term in relation to nutrition. Definitions are cross-referenced to other word entries and the materials found in the Appendix to provide further details and information. All practitioners in the fields of nutrition and dietetics, as well as educators, students, and others interested in nutrition will find this handy desk reference particu larly useful. It is easy-to-use and provides instant access to nutrition information.
Download or read book Diet Management Guide written by Rajiv Sharma and published by Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Caribbean Home Economics in Action written by and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 2002 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics written by Michael Crawford and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the previous two volumes in this series were based upon methodol ogy, theory, and the relationship between ecology and population structure, this book can be viewed as an in-depth case study. The population genetics of a multitude of diverse groups geographically distributed throughout the world was examined in the first two volumes. In contrast, this volume focuses upon a single ethnic group, the Black Caribs (Garifuna) of Central America and St. Vincent Island, and explores the interrelationships among the ethnohistory, sociocultural characteristics, demography, morphology, and genetic structure of the group. This volume offers a broad and intensive treatment of the Black Caribs and their interactions with surrounding populations. My interest in the genetics of the Black Caribs was sparked by an accidental meeting in Amsterdam, Holland, in March 1975. A conversation with Nancie Gonzalez at the Applied Anthropology Meetings revealed the "truth-is-stranger than·fiction" history of the Black Carib peoples of the Caribbean. This was a popUlation with a small-sized founding group and a unique biological success story. Nancie Gonzalez was particularly interested in estimating the Carib Indian admixture in the contemporary Garifuna popUlation. Given my previous experi ence in estimating Spanish and African admixture in the Tlaxcaltecan population (whose gene pool consisted predominantly of Indian alleles), a group that appeared to be primarily African with some Indian admixture was of great interest. Aside from the ethnohistorical interest, I believe that such a population may add conSiderably to our understanding of the inheritance of complex morphological traits.
Download or read book Agricultural Policy And Collective Self reliance In The Caribbean written by W. Andrew Axline and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the process of agricultural policy-making within the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), this book provides a context for understanding the evolving theory of regional integration among developing countries. Dr. Axline traces the progress of Caribbean integration from its beginnings in the mid-1960s to its present state of stagnation. Drawing on original documents and extensive interviews in the twelve CARICOM member countries, he describes the move away from a market-oriented laissez-faire approach to agriculture and the shift toward sectoral programming. The role of other regional organizations, such as the Caribbean Development Bank and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, is examined and related to national and regional policies in the agricultural sector. The Caribbean experience, concludes Dr. Axline, suggests that the future direction of regional cooperation among developing countries will likely be toward more intensive integration on a less extensive scale.
Download or read book The Caribbean Slave written by Kenneth F. Kiple and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-20 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive analysis of the biological experience of black slaves in the Caribbean.
Download or read book Caribbean Home Economics in Action Book 3 Fourth Edition written by Caribbean Association of Home Economists and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provide a solid foundation for the study of Home Economics at CSEC® level and for CVQ certification using a project-based approach with the only resource written by the Caribbean Association of Home Economists. This resource enables students to master the design skills process in the Family and Consumer Management disciplines for both personal and professional aspirations. - Develop understanding with 'Consider this' and 'Did you know?' features which allow for reflection and stretches student's critical thinking and problem-solving skills. - Consolidate knowledge with discussion topics and short practice questions, which enables students' confidence in the subject matter to grow as they prepare for assessment. - Identify avenues for career development with realistic and practical connections to training opportunities clearly signposted throughout.
Download or read book A review of school feeding programmes in the Caribbean Community written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review provides a snapshot of the state-of-art of School Feeding Programmes in 14 of the 15 CARICOM Member States. It provides an overview of the different models of school feeding programmes that currently exist in the Caribbean, challenges faced and recommendations for improvement. Among the aspects evaluated include: the governance structure, nutritional quality of meal served, linkages with small farmers for the procurement of products used in the meals, involvement of children in school gardens related activities, etc. The document includes a case study for each of the participating countries (namely Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago). For each of these countries, an Annual Net Benefit Analysis was conducted, using information collected in 2017. The aim is that the document can provide preliminary information and recommendations that can be relevant for governments, public organizations, donors, opinion leaders, private sectors, and others toward strengthening school feeding programmes in the Caribbean. It was developed with the support of the University of the West Indies and the Caribbean Agro-Economic Society under the leadership of Prof. Carlisle Pemberton and Dr. Hazel Paterson-Andrews.
Download or read book Contemporary Clinical Nutrition written by John J. Cunningham and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 1986 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: A reference text for clinical nutritionists provides 40 reprinted papers, covering both reviews of and experimental studies in clinical nutrition, selected from 22 clinical and medical journals. The papers are organized under 2 major sections: the first, exploring the limits of conventional knowledge of nutrient needs at specific life stages (adults, infants, children, elderly); the second, focusing on debated issues and concepts concerning the role of nutrition in the etiology and prevention of disease processes. The latter section (24 papers) is organized by disease category (heart disease; hypertension; alcoholism; obesity; cancer), and also includes the areas of eating disorders (bulimarexia) and carbohydrate metabolism (diabetes). The original papers are reprinted in their entirety.
Download or read book Nutrition and Diet Therapy Dictionary written by Virginia Serraon Claudio and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-10 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised edition of Nutrition and diet therapy, 2d ed. (1974). Some 3,500 entries encompass basic nutrition, diet in disease, sports nutrition, genetics and nutrition, and nutrition through the life cycle. Includes a collection of entries on many different diets (listed under D), and a section of concise treatments of nutritional principles in various physiological and pathological conditions (listed under N). Forty-eight appendices present such information as the latest RDA guidelines, nutritional assessment data, food values of common nutrients, normal constituents of blood and urine, and other data. No pronunciation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Proceeding of the Fruit Crops Seminars in Barbados written by and published by IICA Biblioteca Venezuela. This book was released on with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidelines on Food Fortification with Micronutrients written by Richard Hurrell and published by WHO. This book was released on 2006 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains practical guidance on the design, implementation and evaluation of appropriate food fortification programmes. They are designed primarily for use by nutrition-related public health programme managers, but should also be useful to all those working to control micronutrient malnutrition, including the food industry.The guidelines are written from a nutrition and public health perspective, and topics discussed include: the concept of food fortification as a potential strategy for the control of micronutrient malnutrition; the prevalence, causes, and consequences of micronutrient deficiencies, and the public health benefits of micronutrient malnutrition control; technical information on the various chemical forms of micronutrients that can be used to fortify foods; regulation and international harmonisation, communication, advocacy, consumer marketing and public education.
Download or read book Economic and Social Impacts of Food Self Reliance in the Caribbean written by Ekaterina Dorodnykh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a multilayered analysis of food import dependency and its impact on food security in the Caribbean region. The study analyses the main impact of trade liberalization in the Caribbean within the WTO framework and main policy mechanisms to support domestic food production in order to reduce food import dependency. Moreover, the author evaluates economic and social benefits of food self-sufficiency as a strategy aimed to improve domestic food production by increased availability of locally produced food products.
Download or read book A Partially Annotated Bibliography of Agricultural Development in the Caribbean Region written by Clarence Zuvekas and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Caribbean Home Economics in Action written by and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 2002 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of Home Economics in Action has been extensively revised and updated to take account of recent curriculum developments throughout the Caribbean region.This three-book course provides a firm foundation in Home Economics to all lower second
Download or read book Dietary Reference Intakes Research Synthesis written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-01-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What information is available to inform the planning of a nutrition research agenda for the United States and Canada? This question provided the backdrop for the Dietary Reference Intakes Research Synthesis project undertaken by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies. The Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) are quantitative reference values for recommended intakes and tolerable upper intake levels for a range of nutrients. They are used widely by dietitians in individual counseling, by federal nutrition officials in program and policy development, and by the nutrition research and education communities in government, academia, and industry. Between 1997 and 2005, the IOM published a series of six DRI reports covering a total of 45 nutrients, energy, and other food components. The IOM also issued two reports describing ways to apply the DRIs in assessment and planning. Together, these eight reports contain more than 450 research recommendations and thus a wealth of information pertinent to a nutrition research agenda. To make the recommendations more accessible, the Food and Nutrition Board undertook a project with two major elements: (1) the development of a searchable database of all the DRI research recommendations, and (2) the Dietary Reference Intakes Research Synthesis Workshop, held June 7-8, 2006, which was designed to provide a venue for hearing and discussing experts' perspectives on the research recommendations identified in the DRI reports. Two members of the workshop planning group-Drs. John W. Suttie and Susan J. Whiting-moderated the DRI Research Synthesis Workshop. After an overview and demonstration of the DRI Research Synthesis Database, panels of experts addressed DRI research recommendations related to each of the six DRI nutrient reports, the two DRI applications reports, and three cross-cutting topics: (1) setting DRIs for children, (2) Tolerable Upper Intake Levels, and (3) relevant new and underutilized research techniques. This report is a summary of the workshop presentations and discussions.
