Author: United States. Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National DefensePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Nutrition Survey: Vietnam
Author: United States. Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National DefensePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Persistent Malnutrition in Ethnic Minority Communities of Vietnam
Author: Nkosinathi V. N. MbuyaPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464814325
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Because malnutrition in early life significantly affects the physical and mental development of children, addressing malnutrition is fundamental to the development of Vietnam’s human capital. Economic development of the nation depends on the strength, resilience, and intelligence of its workforce. Governments dedicate millions of dollars annually to health and education, recognizing that individual losses in productivity may run as high as 10 percent of lifetime earnings and that as much as 11 percent of GDP could be lost each year in Asia and Africa due to undernutrition. The ethnic minority groups living mainly in the northern midlands and in the mountainous and central highlands regions are consistently more undernourished than the Kinh majority. Despite decreases in stunting, the prevalence of stunting among ethnic minority children is still twice that in the Kinh ethnic group. There has been an overall decline in wasting of 1.7 percent between 2000 and 2011, although only the richest quintile showed a significant reduction (3.4 percent). These data, along with an overall decrease in the prevalence of wasting and stunting, indicate an increase in nutrition inequality between 2000 and 2011. Moreover, it is noteworthy that the ethnic minority groups constitute the majority of the undernourished populations in most of the 10 provinces with the highest rates of stunting among children under 5 years old. This analytical report describes the very high rates of malnutrition among ethnic minority populations in Vietnam. It assesses the determinants and causes, using a causal framework and systems analysis; reviews current commitments and policies directed at reducing disparities in malnutrition; examines implementation of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions, particularly those that require multisectoral coordination and collaboration; draws conclusions based on the analysis; and recommends how policies and programs can be strengthened to reduce inequities and fulfill the economic potential of all ethnic groups.
A Selected Bibliography on East-Asian Foods and Nutrition
Author: Woot-tsuen Wu LeungPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A Select Bibliography of East/Asian Foods and Nutrition Arranged According to Subject Matter and Area
Author: Nutrition Survey: Kingdom of Thailand
Author: United States. Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National DefensePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Kingdom of Thailand Nutrition Survey, October-December 1960
Author: United States. Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific
Author: Milton J. LewisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136211683
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Chronic diseases—cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes—are not only the principal cause of world-wide mortality but also are now responsible for a striking increase in the percentage of sickness in developing countries still grappling with the acute problems of infectious diseases. This "double disease burden" poses demanding questions concerning the organisation of health care, allocation of scarce resources and strategies for disease prevention, control and treatment; and it threatens not only improvement in health status but economic development in the many poorer countries of the Asia Pacific region. This book presents an historical account of the development of the double disease burden in Asia and the Pacific, a region which has experienced great economic, social, demographic and political change. With in-depth analysis of more than fifteen countries, this volume examines the impact of the double disease burden on health care regimes, resource allocation, strategies for prevention and control on the wealthiest nations in the region, as well as the smallest Pacific islands. In doing so, the contributors to this book elaborate on the notion of the double disease burden as discussed by epidemiologists, and present real policy responses, whilst demonstrating how vital health is to economic development. Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific will be of great value to both scholars and policy makers in the fields of public health, the history of medicine, as well as to those with a wider interest in the Asia-Pacific region.
Health and Wealth in Vietnam
Author: Dominique Marie-Annick HaughtonPublisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN: 9789812300324
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
How do Vietnamese households live and work? This book answers many of the most important questions, including: Who uses contraceptives? Which children get the most health care? Who are the poor, and why are they poor? Which families migrate? Why do so many rural workers change jobs? Where do households get credit? What drives rice production? The result of a unique collaboration between Vietnamese and international social scientists, the fourteen concise chapters paint a fascinating picture of household health and wealth. All are based on the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, the most accurate and complete source of data available. The use of statistical techniques in every chapter gives the book added coherence while providing depth and clarity to the analysis. A must for anyone with a serious interest in Vietnam, this highly readable book is also designed to serve as a reference work.
Nutrition Survey
Author: United States. Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National DefensePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Federation of Malaya: Nutrition Survey
Author: United States. Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National DefensePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diet
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description