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  • Nutrition Issues in Developing Countries
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • PART I DIARRHEAL DISEASES
  • Introduction
  • REFERENCES
  • 1 Summary
  • 2 Feeding Practices and Their Determinants
  • FEEDING PRACTICES, FOOD, AND DIARRHEA RISK
  • SOCIOCULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF BREASTFEEDING
  • Women's Work
  • Health Services and Personnel
  • Marketing Practices of Infant Formula Manufacturers
  • Urbanization
  • INITIATING BREASTFEEDING: COLOSTRUM AND PRELACTEAL FEEDS
  • INTRODUCTION OF FOODS IN ADDITION TO BREAST MILK
  • FEEDING METHODS
  • SEVERANCE: THE CESSATION OF BREASTFEEDING
  • SPECIFIC DETERMINANTS FOR INTERVENTION PLANNING
  • Food Availability to the Community
  • Food Availability at the Household Level
  • Food Availability to the Child
  • Cultural Beliefs
  • Allocation of Caretaker Time for Food Preparation
  • Availability of Fuel Water, and Other Food Preparation Resources
  • Family Food Consumption Patterns
  • Child Feeding Methods and Practices
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • 3 Relationships Between Nutrition and Diarrhea
  • EVIDENCE THAT MALNUTRITION PREDISPOSES THE HOST TO DIARRHEAL DISEASE
  • IMMUNOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF MALNUTRITION
  • THE CONTRIBUTION OF DIARRHEA TO MALNUTRITION
  • HUMAN MILK AND DIARRHEAL DISEASES
  • Protective Factors in Human Milk
  • Lactation Performance
  • Effects of Maternal Nutritional Status on Lactation Performance
  • Effects of Food Supplementation, on Lactation Performance
  • Manipulation of Immunologic Protein Factors in Human Milk
  • WEANING FOODS
  • Nutrient Composition of Common Foods
  • Bioavailability of Nutrients
  • NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS OF INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • 4 Feeding Practices, Food, and Diarrhea Risk
  • FOOD CONTAMINATION
  • FECAL CONTAMINATION OF WEANING FOOD IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  • Source of Contamination
  • Relationship of Weaning Food Contamination to Diarrhea.
  • POTENTIAL INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE WEANING FOOD CONTAMINATION
  • Personal and Utensil Hygiene
  • Holding of Food Between Cooking and Saving
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • 5 Processing Techniques Suitable For Weaning Foods
  • PROCESSING
  • Processing Techniques
  • Roasting
  • Germination
  • Milling
  • Baking
  • Cooking
  • Drying
  • Extrusion
  • Fermentation
  • Other Fermentations
  • Food Additives
  • Selection of Processing Location
  • Home and Village Preparation
  • Central Processing
  • COMPARISON OF STRATEGIES FOR SUPPLYING SUPPLEMENTAL FOODS
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • 6 Conclusions and Recommendations
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • RECOMMENDED INTERVENTIONS
  • RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Behavioral Modification
  • Transmission of Enteropathogens
  • Enhancement of Breastfeeding and Weaning Practices
  • Relationship Between Nutritional Status and Diarrheal Disease
  • Timing of Supplementary Food Introduction
  • Nutrient Bioavailability and Caloric Density
  • Improved Food Processing Technologies
  • PART II DIET AND ACTIVITY DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION
  • 1 Summary
  • 2 Overview of the Socioeconomic and Health Status of Women in Developing Countries
  • ECONOMIC SITUATION AND FOOD AND NUTRITION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  • STATUS OF WOMEN: HEALTH AND SOCIAL ISSUES
  • Literacy
  • Fertility
  • ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
  • Family Planning
  • Infant and Child Mortality
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Nutritional Anemia
  • Low Birth Weight-Health and Nutritional Status of the Mother
  • Breastfeeding
  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  • Patterns of Energy Expenditure and Intake and Low Birth Weight
  • Activity Patterns of Women in Rural Areas
  • Income From Agricultural Labor
  • Seasonality
  • Activity Patterns of Women in Urban Areas
  • Informal Sector Activity
  • REFERENCES
  • 3 Physiology of Normal Pregnancy and the Effects of Undernutrition.
  • BODY WEIGHT AND COMPOSITION
  • Maternal Energy Expenditure and Energy Balance
  • Potential Energy-Sparing Mechanisms
  • Blood Volume and Composition
  • Undernutrition, Blood Volume Expansion, and Placental Blood Flow in Animal Models
  • GESTATIONAL EFFECTS ON ORGAN SYSTEMS IN PREGNANT WOMEN
  • Pregnancy-Related Changes in Maternal Metabolism
  • Metabolic Adaptations
  • Oxygen
  • Glucose
  • Lactic Acid
  • Other Substrates
  • Undernutrition in Pregnancy: ''Accelerated Starvation''
  • METABOLIC AND TRANSPORT FUNCTION OF THE PLACENTA
  • Placental Transport in Malnourished Women and Animals
  • Effect on Nutrient Flux
  • FETAL METABOLISM AND NUTRITION
  • Iron Status and Work Performance
  • References
  • 4 Nutrient Metabolism and Physical Activity
  • ENERGY
  • Resting or Basal Energy Requirements
  • Energy Requirements for Activity
  • Sources of Energy
  • PROTEIN
  • IRON
  • PREGNANCY AND OXYGEN CONSUMPTION
  • PREGNANCY, WORK, AND SUBSTRATE METABOLISM
  • Hormonal Changes
  • Temperature
  • EFFECT OF MATERNAL UNDERNUTRITION OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON THE FETUS
  • EFFECTS OF UNDERNUTRITION ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
  • Productivity
  • Discretionary Physical Activity
  • Physical Work Capacity (PWC)
  • REFERENCES
  • 5 Effects of Diet and Physical Activity in Pregnant Human Populations
  • EFFECT OF ENERGY INTAKE
  • Background
  • Gestational Duration
  • Fetal Growth
  • Spontaneous Abortion
  • Congenital Anomalies
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Other Pregnancy Complications
  • EFFECTS OF MATERNAL WORK AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
  • Background
  • Gestational Duration
  • Fetal Growth
  • Spontanous Abortion
  • Congenital Anomalies
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Other Pregnancy Complications
  • COMBINED EFFECTS OF MATERNAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
  • Background
  • Gestational Duration
  • Fetal Growth
  • Other Pregnancy Outcomes
  • DIRECT EVIDENCE OF COMBINED EFFECTS
  • REFERENCES.
  • 6 Impact of Physical Activity and Diet on Lactation
  • INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON FAT STORAGE DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION
  • RELATED FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF ENERGY STORES
  • INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DURING PREGNANCY ON THE EFFICIENCY OF MILK PRODUCTION
  • CARDIOVASCULAR ADAPTATIONS
  • FIELD STUDIES AND LACTATION PERFORMANCE
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • 7 Conclusions and Recommendations
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • RECOMMENDATIONS.