Malnutrition: A Double Burden

Optimal nutrition is critical to the attainment of healthy physical growth, human capital and sustainable development. Malnutrition is a major health problem causes premature mortality and morbidities in many of the developing countries and contributes more than half of all global burdens. The coexistence in individual and/or population level of double burden of malnutrition representing the opposite sides of the energy balance equation presents a unique challenge for public health policy and interventions. The present edited volume is the synthesis of nineteen well-postulated research manuscripts contributed by social scientists, eminent anthropologists and health professionals to acquaint the book readers on public health and nutritional issues in population. The volume features with an abundance of materials and wide-ranging analysis which is extremely stimulative, useful and certainly serves the interest of the public health and nutrition issues of the populations of social scientists, health professionals, anthropologist and many at the teaching, research and policy formulation with a concern about the community population development. (jacket)