(PDF) Handbook of Famine, Starvation, and Nutrient Deprivation by Victor R. Preedy

This is the PDF eBook version for Handbook of Famine, Starvation, and Nutrient Deprivation – From Biology to Policy by Victor R. Preedy, Vinood B. Patel

Table of Contents

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.