Toward a virtuous circle : a nutrition review of the Middle East and North Africa

Title
  1. Toward a virtuous circle : a nutrition review of the Middle East and North Africa / Atsuko Aoyama.
Published by
  1. Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©1999.
Author
  1. Aoyama, Atsuko, 1954-

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Description
  1. xv, 108 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
  1. This nutrition review of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is intended to develop a base of knowledge and a sector strategy, and to help fulfill the World Bank's mandate for poverty reduction. This is the first comprehensive overview of nutritional issues in the region, putting together the problems in an overall economic development context. The review focuses on the health implications of nutritional issues, and supplements a regional study of food subsidy programs and the regional health, nutrition, and population sector strategy paper. The findings of this review are sometimes troubling, and often surprising. Although the nutritional status of most people in MENA countries has improved over the last two decades, undernutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies--such as iron, iodine, and vitamin D deficiencies--remain a serious threat to public health. Even though nutritional deficiencies are strongly linked to poverty, economic progress does not always improve nutritional status. Thus, even in well-performing economies, progress has been uneven, leaving pockets of poverty in its wake, especially among rural populations. This also suggests that not only income but the status of women, their educational attainment, cultural factors, food and agricultural policies, and access to various social services including health care and clean water are critical factors affecting nutrition and nutritional disorders.
Series statement
  1. Health, nutrition, and population series
Uniform title
  1. Health, nutrition, and population series
Subject
  1. Nutrition > Middle East
  2. Nutrition > Africa, North
  3. Malnutrition > Middle East
  4. Malnutrition > Africa, North
  5. Nutrition disorders
  6. Nutrition
  7. Nutrition Disorders
  8. Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  9. Nutrition disorders
  10. Malnutrition
  11. Nutrition
  12. Unterernährung
  13. Africa, North
  14. Middle East
  15. Africa, Northern
  16. Middle East
  17. North Africa
  18. Mittlerer Osten
  19. Nordafrika
Contents
  1. 1. Introduction -- Good Nutrition and Economic Progress: a Virtuous Circle -- 2. Nutrition in MENA -- Current Situation and Trends. Protein-Energy Disorders. Micronutrient Disorders -- 3. Causes, Consequences and Determinants of Nutrition Disorders. Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding. Gender. Education and Cultural Background. Demographic Changes and Conflicts. Economic Development -- 4. Improving Nutrition in MENA Countries. Major Nutrition Issues in MENA Countries. Possible Strategies and Actions -- 5. Conclusion -- Nutrition as a Priority Issue
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-46).