Norman J. Temple, professor of nutrition at AthabascaUniversity and has published more than 60 papers, predominantly in thearea of nutrition as it relates to health, and has published more thana dozen books. Currently, he is conducting collaborative research inCape Town on the role of the changing diet in South Africa and on thepattern of chronic diseases in that country. NeliaSteyn lives and works in South Africa. She is a seniorlecturer in the Division of Human Nutrition at the University of CapeTown and has served as a consultant for the World Health Organizationand the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

• Foreword / Frits PannekoekPrefaceIntroduction Part 1 The Food and Nutrition Situation in DevelopingCountries1. A Human Rights – Based Approach to Community and PublicNutrition: Theoretical Underpinnings and Evolving Experiences /Wenche Barth Eide and Eleni M. W. Maunder2. Food Security, Dietary Diversity, and Biodiversity: A Discussionon Food and Nutrition Security in Developing Countries / MiekeFaber and Friede Wenhold3. Food Cultures: Different Cultural Perspectives and DifferentDiets / Folake Samuel and Neelam Makhani4. The Nutrition Transition in Developing Countries / H. H. EstéVorster and Lesley T. Bourne Part 2 Lifecycle Nutrition5. Nutrition During the First One Thousand 1000 Days of Life, PartI: Pregnancy and Lactation / Lisanne M. du Plessis and Celeste E.Naude6. Nutrition During the First One Thousand 1000 Days of Life, PartII: Infant Feeding and Development / Lisanne M. du Plessis, CelesteE. Naude, and Rina Swart7. Nutrition for School-age Children: Assessment, Analysis, andAction / Friede Wenhold, Ellen Muehlhoff , and H. SalomeKruger8. Nutrient Requirements and Factors Affecting Nutritional Status inOlder Adults / Karen E. Charlton, Monica Ferreira, and Jean M.Fourie Part 3 The Role of Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatmentof Disease Therapy9. Nutritional Management of Multiple Nutrient Deficiencies /Michael K. Hendricks, H. Salome Kruger, and Thandi Puoane10. Nutritional Management of HIV/AIDS, TB, and Other InfectiousDiseases / Celeste E. Naude, Lisanne M. du Plessis, Michael K.Hendricks11. Nutritional Management of Diarrhoea / Joy Fraser and AliceN. Brako12. Nutritional Management of Chronic Diseases / Renée Blaauw,Martani J. Lombard, Nelia Steyn , and Petro Wolmarans13. Nutrition and Chronic Disease: Looking at the Big Picture /Norman J. Temple Part 4 From Food Guides to Nutrition Education14. Dietary Recommendations, Food Guides, and Food Labels /Norman J. Temple and Lesley T. Bourne15. Nutrition Education / Jane Sherman and EllenMuehlhoff Part 5 Key Components of Community-Based NutritionProgrammes16. Planning and Management of Community-Based Nutrition ProgrammesPlanning: An Outline / Jacob Setorglo and MatildaSteiner-Asiedu17. Achieving Success in Community-Based Nutrition Programmes /Jacob Setorglo, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, Thandi Puoane, DavidSanders, and Kingsley K. Asare Pereko18. The Evaluation of Community-Based Nutrition Programmes /Oyediran Oyewole Part 6 Population Nutrition and the Role ofGovernment19. Barriers to That Block Progress Towards a Healthier Diet: TheNeed for Government Action / Norman J. Temple20. The Development of Government Policies on and Guidelines toRealize the Rights to Food and Nutrition / Jacob Setorglo, MatildaSteiner-Asiedu, and Ahmed Adu-Oppong Part 7 Tools and Procedures for Assessing NutritionStatus21. Nutrition Surveillance / Jacob Setorglo and MatildaSteiner-Asiedu22. Assessing Nutritional Status: Dietary Intake, Anthropometry,Clinical Signs and Symptoms, and Laboratory Tests / Alice N. Brako,Zandile Mchiza, and Whadi-ah Parker Part 8 Issues of Food Services Management in Institutionsand of Food Safety23. Planning Providing Meals in Institutional Settings forInstitutions in Developing Countries / Ronette Lategan, PontshoMalibe, and Luzette van Niekerk24. Food Quality and Food Safety / Wilna H. Oldewage-Theron andAbdulkadir A. Egal Part 9 A Broader Perspective25. The Nutrition Profession in Africa: Meeting Current and FutureChallenges / Tola Atinmo and Oyediran Oyewole26. The Challenge Problem of Misleading and Unscientific Informationon Regarding Nutrition / Norman J. Temple, Alice N. Brako, andJacob Setorglo27. Nutrition Challenges of a Changing World / Norman J. Temple,Megan Jamieson, and George Winter Appendix I :Sources of Reliable Information on Nutrition /Norman J. Temple and Alice N. BrakoAppendix II: Aids to Calculations / Norman J. TempleAppendix III: Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) / Norman J.TempleIndex