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Food habits and consumption in developing countries : manual for field studies / Adel P. den Hartog, Wija A. van Staveren and Inge D. Brouwer.
Penn Museum Library TX360.5 .H37 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hartog, A. P. den.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nutrition--Developing countries.
- Nutrition.
- Food habits.
- Developing countries.
- Food supply--Developing countries.
- Food supply.
- Food habits--Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Wageningen, Netherlands : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2006.
- Summary:
- Primarily designed to serve as a field manual for researchers in developing countries, this also gives users background in food habits, food culture and consumption, including the geographical dimensions of food, nutrition in regions in transition, the food system from production to consumption, and nutrition policy and programs. Thus fortified, readers get material on ethical considerations of field studies, field ethnography, measurement of food consumption, conversion of foods into nutrients, the meaning and use of anthrometry, notes on methods, and reporting and dissemination of survey findings. Distributed in the US by Enfield. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9076998949
- 9789076998947
- OCLC:
- 123477289
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