Improving diets and nutrition : food-based approaches /
edited by Brian Thompson and Leslie Amoroso.
- xlix, 403 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nutrition-sensitive, food-based approaches towards hunger and malnutrition are effective, sustainable and long-term solutions. This book discusses the policym strategic, methodological, technical and programmatic issues associated with such approaches. Best practices for the design, targeting, implementation and evaluation of specific interventions and improved methodologies for evaluating their efficacy and cost-effectiveness are presented. This book also provides practical lessons for advancing nutrition-sensitive, food-based approaches at policy and programme level.