Handbook of Famine, Starvation, and Nutrient Deprivation From Biology to Policy /

This book addresses the causes and effects of nutrient deficiencies along the cell-to-communities continuum. The book is primarily concerned with a lack or deficiency of one or more micro- or macronutrients in connection with malnutrition, under nutrition, and starvation. Embedded within the deficie...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Preedy, Victor R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Patel, Vinood B. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Έκδοση:1st ed. 2019.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • General aspects of famine
  • Effects of famine
  • Food security, low income and poverty
  • Effects of food security and poverty
  • Refugees and displaced persons
  • Medical causes of dietary restrictions and malnutrition
  • Anorexia
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Classifications of starvation and malnutrition
  • Kwashiorkor and marasmus
  • Starvation and the individual
  • Fasting and the individual
  • Deficiencies of micro and macro nutrients
  • Effects on organ systems
  • Molecular Effects
  • Modelling systems in vertebrates and lower organisms
  • Policy and strategy.