Nutrition in Public Health: Principles, Policies, and Practice, Second Edition

Description:

This second edition of a bestseller, Nutrition in Public Health: Principles, Policies, and Practice focuses on the role of the federal government in determining nutrition policy and influencing practice.

Beginning with an overview of public health principles, the book examines the application of nutritional policy to dietary guidance

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Public Health and Nutrition

Chapter 2: Preventing Disease or Promoting Health?

Chapter 3: Nutritional Epidemiology

Chapter 4: Diet-Related Chronic Disease : Disparities and Programs to Reduce Them

Chapter 5: Weight Control : Challenges and Solutions

Chapter 6: Special Populations

Chapter 7: Cultural Competency

Chapter 8: Food and Nutrition Policies

Chapter 9: Food and Nutrition Guidance

Chapter 10: Food and Nutrition Assessment of the Community

Chapter 11: Promoting Food Security

Chapter 12: Social Marketing and Other Mass Communication Techniques

Chapter 13: Food Safety and Defense

Chapter 14: Grants to Support Initiatives in Public Health Nutrition

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