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Hunger and Health
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Eleven Key Questions on Farming, Food, and Health in the Third World
出版Rodale Press, 1985
主題Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Weight Loss
ISBN08785754999780878575497
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WyDbAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Abstract: Eleven chapters address 11 questions on food production, health, and nutrition in developing countries. Each question is followed by a response, and supplementary readings on the topics of the question. The subjects of the 11 questions and the supplementary readings detail; increasing food production in developing countries without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides; reducing food storage losses without pesticides; the health effects of chemical agricultural products; the danger to Third World population due to export crops; dependence on mechanized food production; irrigated programs that are not harmful to general health; the economic and nutritional aspects of food processing; nutritional views on food imports; simple, inexpensive means to combat protein and vitamin deficiencies; and health improvements by changing the diet. Graphs, charts, and data tables are included. An extensive bibliography is included. (mdp).