Nutrition in public health : principles, policies, and practice / Arlene Spark
Imprint
Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2007
Descript
552 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
CONTENT
Nutrition in public health -- Preventing didease or promoting health -- The U.S.population looking forward from the past -- Nutritional epidemiology -- Food and nutrition surveys for monitoring the public's health -- Prevalence of diet-related chronic diseases desparities and programs -- Weight control : Challenges and solutions -- Special populations -- Cultural competence -- Food and nutrition politics policy and legislation -- Food and nutrition guidance -- Food and nutrition assessment of the community -- Promoting food security -- Social marketing and other mass communication techniques -- Food safety and defense -- Grants to support initiatives in public health nutrition