Author : Derrick Brian Jelliffe
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192612182
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Community Nutritional Assessment by : Derrick Brian Jelliffe
Download or read book Community Nutritional Assessment written by Derrick Brian Jelliffe and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book emphasizes the continuing necessity for simple, affordable methods of nutritional assessment which are accurate and biologically and statistically significant, which can give results rapidly, and which are understandable to scientists, administrators, and the population itself. It focuses mainly on physiologically, culturally, and economically vulnerable groups in developing countries. Topics covered include assessment of nutritional status, indirect assessment, assessment of ecological variables, methods of data collection, and aspects of planning and implementation with special references to large-scale surveys.