International nutrition: achieving millennium goals and beyond

Cover -- Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Contributors -- World Nutrition Situation -- Country-Level Action to Improve Nutrition and Health: A View from the Field -- Abstract -- Background to Child Survival Policy -- From Social Sensibility to Research, Action and Impact: The Case of Chile -- Formation and Influence of Leading Academics -- Nutrition Policies over Time -- Mortality Declines but Components Change: The Second Phase -- Results of the Second Phase Strategy -- Lessons and Reflections -- Disclosure Statement -- References -- Global, Regional and Country Trends in Underweight and Stunting as Indicators of Nutrition and Health of Populations -- Abstract -- Undernutrition as an Indicator of the Nutrition and Health of Populations -- The Choice of Indicators to Track and Measure Progress on Nutrition -- Tracking Global and Regional Progress on Nutrition -- Nutritional Indicators as Measures of Inequity and Implications for Program Design -- Conclusions -- Disclosure Statement -- References -- Global Distribution and Disease Burden Related to Micronutrient Deficiencies -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Vitamin A Deficiency -- Zinc Deficiency -- Iodine Deficiency -- Iron Deficiency -- Implications for Nutrition Programs -- Disclosure Statement -- References -- Predicting the Health Effects of Switching Infant Feeding Practices for Use in Decision-Making -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Disclosure Statement -- References -- Addressing the Double Burden of Malnutrition with a Common Agenda -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Double Burden of Malnutrition -- Two Sides of the Coin in the Developmental Origins of Health -- The Life Course Approach to Nutrition -- Double Burden of Malnutrition on the International Political Agenda -- Need for a Common Operational Definition of Malnutrition.

The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in nutrition are at the core of this book, with special attention to young women and their children. The first part is dedicated to the overall analysis of the world nutrition situation as related to achieving the MDG. The chapters cover the global distribution of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in young women and infants, and the disease burden related to it. The second part reviews the measures taken to achieve the MDG and the potential contributions of nutrition-specific and disease control interventions (particularly with regard to reducing child and maternal mortality), as well as the possible role of sectors other than health. The last part looks into the future, scrutinizing the causes and consequences of non-communicable disease in both the developing and developed world, as well as reviewing the latest scientific evidence for underlying mechanisms and discussing the implications for public health and policy makers.