Nutrition and Poverty

ISBN-13: 9780198283966 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 384 str.

S. R. Osmani; Siddiqur R. Osmani

Opis

This work addresses issues arising from the definition and measurement of poverty in terms of nutritional status. A range of issues are covered, focusing on the differing views and perceptions of the related questions of assessing poverty and nutritional status. Possible definitions of a reference standard are discussed as well as energy deprivation, anthropometric measurement, and gender bias.

Recenzje

`It is a critical appraisal of the state-of-the-art and focuses on differing views and perceptions on the related questions of assessing poverty and nutritional status.' CAB International