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Nutrition in public health : principles, policies, and practice / Arlene Spark, Lauren M. Dinour and Janel Obenchain.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2016.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxiv, 623 pages ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781466589940
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.85610973 23 Sp736
Contents:
1. Public health and nutrition -- 2. Preventing disease or promoting health? -- 3. Nutritional epidemiology -- 4. Diet-related chronic disease: disparities and programs to reduce them -- 5. Weight control: challenges and solutions -- 6. Special populations -- 7. Cultural competency -- 8. Food and nutrition policies -- 9. Food and nutrition guidance -- 10. Food and nurition assessment of the community -- 11. Promiting food security -- 12. Social marketing and other mass communication techniques -- 13. Food safety and defense -- 14. Grants to support initiatives in public health nutrition.
Summary: This book focuses on the role of the federal government in determining nutrition policy and influencing practice. Beginning with an overview of public health principles, the book examines the application of nutritional policy to dietary guidance, health promotion, and the practice of public health nutrition.
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Books ISI Library, Kolkata 363.85610973 Sp736 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 137399
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Public health and nutrition --
2. Preventing disease or promoting health? --
3. Nutritional epidemiology --
4. Diet-related chronic disease: disparities and programs to reduce them --
5. Weight control: challenges and solutions --
6. Special populations --
7. Cultural competency --
8. Food and nutrition policies --
9. Food and nutrition guidance --
10. Food and nurition assessment of the community --
11. Promiting food security --
12. Social marketing and other mass communication techniques --
13. Food safety and defense --
14. Grants to support initiatives in public health nutrition.

This book focuses on the role of the federal government in determining nutrition policy and influencing practice. Beginning with an overview of public health principles, the book examines the application of nutritional policy to dietary guidance, health promotion, and the practice of public health nutrition.

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