Community Nutritional Assessment: With Special Reference to Less Technically Developed Countries (Oxford Medical Publications)

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.

'Meticulously written, it is likely to have a major impact on nutritional assessment for many years to come.'Development in Practice 'This successor to the first edition, one of the most widely used and quoted publications in the field of nutrition, has been long awaited...Tthere is no rival to this book and it will hold its pre-eminence throughout this decade at least.'Medical Digest 'Tthe book is an important tool for nutrition and health care professionals in geographic areas of malnutrition.' Journal of The American Dietetic Association