Author : Brian Thompson
Release : 2014-04-28
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 997/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Improving Diets and Nutrition by : Brian Thompson
Download or read book Improving Diets and Nutrition written by Brian Thompson. This book was released on 2014-04-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nutrition-sensitive, food-based approaches towards hunger and malnutrition are effective, sustainable and long-term solutions. This book discusses the policy, strategic, methodological, technical and programmatic issues associated with such approaches, proposes “best practices” for the design, targeting, implementation and evaluation of specific nutrition-sensitive, food-based interventions and for improved methodologies for evaluating their efficacy and cost-effectiveness, and provides practical lessons for advancing nutrition-sensitive food-based approaches for improving nutrition at policy and programme level.