Nutrition handbook for community workers

ABSTRACT

Illustrated handbook containing information on nutrition and health for community workers. Topics covered include working with the community; planning food and nutrition education programmes; techniques of good communication; food and good health; buying, storing and preparing foods; nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding; breast feeding; young child feeding; malnutrition in young children; diarrhoea; feeding other groups; health problems related to food and nutrition; and improving health and nutrition in the community. Information on coping with disasters, domestic energy conservation and a glossary of terms used in the handbook are appended(AU)