Chapter 1. Nutrition, Health, and Development: A Historical Perspective

Richard Semba, MD, MPH

Chapter 2. Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries

Carine Ronsmans*, MD, DPH, Simon Collin, MSc, Veronique Filippi, DDG, DISP, PhD

Chapter 3. Low Birth Weight and Perinatal Mortality

Richard D. Semba,*, MD, MPH, Cesar G. Victoria, MD, PhD

Chapter 4. Infant Mortality

Parul Christian, DrPH

Chapter 5. Child Growth and Development

Mercedes de Onis, MD, PhD

Chapter 6. Diarrheal Diseases

Claudio F. Lanata*, MD, MPH, Robert E. Black , MD, MPH

Chapter 7. Acute Lower Respiratory Infections

Claudio F. Lanata*, MD, MPH, Robert E. Black, MD, MPH

Chapter 8. Measles

Gregory Hussey, MB, ChB, FFCH

Chapter 9. Malaria

Anuraj H. Shankar, ScD

Chapter 10. Tuberculosis

Monique Van Lettow*, PhD, Christopher Whalen, MD

Chapter 11. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Eduardo Villamor*, MD, MPH, DrPH, Wafaie Fawzi, MBBS, MPH, DrPH, Gernard Msamanga, MD, ScD

Chapter 12. Malnutrition

Dirk Schroeder, ScD, MPH

Chapter 13. Vitamin A Deficiency

Keith West, Jr.*, DrPH, MPH, Ian Darnton-Hill, MD, MPH, MSc

Chapter 14. Vitamin D Deficiency and Rickets

John Pettifor, MB, BCh, PhD, FCPaed

Chapter 15. Zinc Deficiency

oger Shrimpton*, PhD, Anuraj Shankar, ScD

Chapter 16. Iron Deficiency and Anemia

Usha Ramakrishnan, PhD, Richard D. Semba*, MD, MPH

Chapter 17. Iodine Deficiency Disorders

Richard D. Semba*, MD, MPH, Francois Delange (deceased), MD

Chapter 18. Multiple Micronutrient Malnutrition

ha Ramakrishnan*,PhD, Sandra L Huffman, ScD

Chapter 19. Nutrition and Aging

Noel Solomons*, MD, Odilia Bermudez, PhD, MPH

Chapter 20. The Nutrition Transition and Its Relationship to Cemographic Change

Barry M. Popkin, PhD

Chapter 21. The Emerging Problem of Obesity in Developing Countries
Barry M. Popkin*, PhD, Colleen Doak, PhD

Chapter 22. Rapid Urbanization and the Challenges of Obtaining Food and Nutrition Security

rie T. Ruel*, PhD, Lawrence Haddad , PhD, James L. Garrett, PhD,

Chapter 23. Tobacco, Malnutrition and Poverty

Cora Best, MSc, Richard D. Semba*, MD, MPH

Chapter 24. Humanitarian Emergencies

Reinhard Kaiser, MD, MPH, Paul B. Spiegel*, MD, MPH

Chapter 25. Tackling Nutrient Deficiencies and Life-Threatening Disease: The Role of Food in Humanitarian Relief

Patrick Webb*, PhD, Andrew Thorne-Lyman, MHS

Chapter 26. The Tsunami

Martin Bloem, MD, PhD, Saskia de Pee*, PhD, Regina Moench-Pfanner, MSc, PhD

Chapter 27. Supermarkets
C. Peter Timmer, PhD

Chapter 28. Homestead Food Production

Saskia de Pee*, PhD, Aminuzzaman Talukder, BSc, Martin W. Bloem, MD, PhD

Chapter 29. Food Policy
C. Peter Timmer, PhD

Chapter 30. Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements for Young Children and Considerations for Programs

Saskia de Pee, PhD

Chapter 31. How Much Do Data Influence Programs for Health and Nutrition? Experience from Health and Nutrition Surveillance Systems

Saskia de Pee*, PhD, Martin W. Bloem, MD, PhD, Richard D. Semba, MD, MPH

Chapter 32. The Economics of Nutritional Interventions

Susan Horton, PhD

Chapter 33. Ethics in Public Health Research

Mickey Chopra*, BSc, BMed, MSc, Tanya Doherty, MSc, MPH, PhD

Chapter 34. Research and Policy Directions

David Pelletier, PhD