Foreword / Frits Pannekoek Preface Introduction Part 1 The Food and Nutrition Situation in Developing Countries 1. A Human Rights-Based Approach to Community and Public Nutrition: Theoretical Underpinnings and Evolving Experiences / Wenche Barth Eide and Eleni M. W. Maunder 2. Food Security, Dietary Diversity, and Biodiversity: A Discussion on Food and Nutrition Security in Developing Countries / Mieke Faber and Friede Wenhold 3. Food Cultures: Different Cultural Perspectives and Different Diets / Folake Samuel and Neelam Makhani 4. The Nutrition Transition in Developing Countries / H. H. Este Vorster and Lesley T. Bourne Part 2 Lifecycle Nutrition 5. Nutrition During the First One Thousand 1000 Days of Life, Part I: Pregnancy and Lactation / Lisanne M. du Plessis and Celeste E. Naude 6. Nutrition During the First One Thousand 1000 Days of Life, Part II: Infant Feeding and Development / Lisanne M. du Plessis, Celeste E. Naude, and Rina Swart 7. Nutrition for School-age Children: Assessment, Analysis, and Action / Friede Wenhold, Ellen Muehlhoff, and H. Salome Kruger 8. Nutrient Requirements and Factors Affecting Nutritional Status in Older Adults / Karen E. Charlton, Monica Ferreira, and Jean M. Fourie Part 3 The Role of Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease Therapy 9. Nutritional Management of Multiple Nutrient Deficiencies / Michael K. Hendricks, H. Salome Kruger, and Thandi Puoane 10. Nutritional Management of HIV/AIDS, TB, and Other Infectious Diseases / Celeste E. Naude, Lisanne M. du Plessis, Michael K. Hendricks 11. Nutritional Management of Diarrhoea / Joy Fraser and Alice N. Brako 12. Nutritional Management of Chronic Diseases / Renee Blaauw, Martani J. Lombard, Nelia Steyn, and Petro Wolmarans 13. Nutrition and Chronic Disease: Looking at the Big Picture / Norman J. Temple Part 4 From Food Guides to Nutrition Education 14. Dietary Recommendations, Food Guides, and Food Labels / Norman J. Temple and Lesley T. Bourne 15. Nutrition Education / Jane Sherman and Ellen Muehlhoff Part 5 Key Components of Community-Based Nutrition Programmes 16. Planning and Management of Community-Based Nutrition Programmes Planning: An Outline / Jacob Setorglo and Matilda Steiner-Asiedu 17. Achieving Success in Community-Based Nutrition Programmes / Jacob Setorglo, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, Thandi Puoane, David Sanders, and Kingsley K. Asare Pereko 18. The Evaluation of Community-Based Nutrition Programmes / Oyediran Oyewole Part 6 Population Nutrition and the Role of Government 19. Barriers to That Block Progress Towards a Healthier Diet: The Need for Government Action / Norman J. Temple 20. The Development of Government Policies on and Guidelines to Realize the Rights to Food and Nutrition / Jacob Setorglo, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, and Ahmed Adu-Oppong Part 7 Tools and Procedures for Assessing Nutrition Status 21. Nutrition Surveillance / Jacob Setorglo and Matilda Steiner-Asiedu 22. Assessing Nutritional Status: Dietary Intake, Anthropometry, Clinical Signs and Symptoms, and Laboratory Tests / Alice N. Brako, Zandile Mchiza, and Whadi-ah Parker Part 8 Issues of Food Services Management in Institutions and of Food Safety 23. Planning Providing Meals in Institutional Settings for Institutions in Developing Countries / Ronette Lategan, Pontsho Malibe, and Luzette van Niekerk 24. Food Quality and Food Safety / Wilna H. Oldewage-Theron and Abdulkadir A. Egal Part 9 A Broader Perspective 25. The Nutrition Profession in Africa: Meeting Current and Future Challenges / Tola Atinmo and Oyediran Oyewole 26. The Challenge Problem of Misleading and Unscientific Information on Regarding Nutrition / Norman J. Temple, Alice N. Brako, and Jacob Setorglo 27. Nutrition Challenges of a Changing World / Norman J. Temple, Megan Jamieson, and George Winter Appendix I :Sources of Reliable Information on Nutrition / Norman J. Temple and Alice N. Brako Appendix II: Aids to Calculations / Norman J. Temple Appendix III: Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) / Norman J. Temple Index