220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1979, this book presents a coherent body of information on the inter-relation between nutrition, health and disease in its social context. The first section deals with undernutrition. The socio-cultural and economic factors underlying the deficiency diseases are discussed as well as the diseases themselves and the precise role of nutrition in their genesis. The problems of... Read more
Introduction. 1. The Problems of Undernutrition G. J. Ebrahim 2. The Problems of Food Abundance R. J. Jarrett 3. Nutrition and Immunity R. N. Poston.
Biography
R. J. Jarrett was Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology in the Department of Community Medicine at Guy's Hospital Medical School, London.
‘The whole book is very readable and informative.’ J. W. T. Dickerson, Physiology of the Human Body.
