Public Health Nutrition Principles and Practice in Community and Global Health

A HeadPreface
A HeadAcknowledgments
PartI Introduction to Public Health Nutrition
Chapter1 Overview of Public Health Nutrition
Chapter2 Nutritional Epidemiology: Introduction and Applications in Cardiovascular Disease
Chapter3 Theories of Behavior Change and Their Application to Public Health Nutrition
Chapter4 The Food Environment and Prepared Foods
PartII Global and Community Aspects of Undernutrition
Chapter5 Food Insecurity and Hunger in Developing Nations
Chapter6 Formative Research Approaches to Undernutrition
Chapter7 The Role of National Community-Based Programs in Improving Nutritional Status in Thailand
PartIII Infant and Young Child Nutrition: Foundations of a Healthy Population
Chapter8 Infant and Young Child Feeding: Strategies and Lessons Learned in Bangladesh
Chapter9 Global Perspectives on the Promotion, Protection, and Support of Breastfeeding
Chapter10 Infant and Young Child Feeding in Low-Resource Communities: Case Studies from Ghana, West Africa
Chapter11 Nutrition of Women and Children: Focus on HIV/AIDS and Ghana
Chapter12 Pneumonia in Severely Malnourished Children in Developing Countries: Public Health Nutrition Approaches to Prevention and Early Treatment
Chapter13 Diarrheal Diseases and Severe Malnutrition among Children in Developing Countries
PartIV Public Health Nutrition for Children and Adults
Chapter14 Food Insecurity: Meeting Children's Nutrient Needs in Industrialized Nations
Chapter15 Nutritional Needs of Children and School Lunch Programs Worldwide
Chapter16 Prevention of Osteoporosis in Children and Adolescents
Chapter17 Meeting Adult Nutritional Needs through Public Health Programs
PartV Obesity and Chronic Diseases: Global and Community Public Health Approaches
Chapter18 Obesity: An Ecologic Perspective on Challenges and Solutions
Chapter19 Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease: A Global Public Health Concern
Chapter20 Hypertension in the African-American Community in the Southern United States
Chapter21 Vitamin D and Bone Health: A Nutritional Perspective on a Global Public Health Issue
PartVI Community and Global Public Health Nutrition in a Changing World
Chapter22 Global Changes in Diet and Physical Activity: The Nutrition Transition
Chapter23 Food Policies in a Changing Nutrition Landscape: Assessing Child Nutrition in Pastoralist Communities in Africa
Chapter24 Telehealth, Telemedicine, eHealth and mHealth in Nutrition Programs
Appendix1 Millennium Development Goals and Targets
Appendix2 Selected Healthy People 2020 Objectives
Appendix3 Core Competencies of Public Health Professionals
Appendix4 Resources