Public health services have never taken full advantage of the potential for breastfeeding to save... more Public health services have never taken full advantage of the potential for breastfeeding to save lives World Nutrition Public health services have never taken full advantage of the potential for breastfeeding to save lives World Nutrition
In preparation for a talk Alan Berg was asked to give at an American Society for Nutrition meetin... more In preparation for a talk Alan Berg was asked to give at an American Society for Nutrition meeting honoring him, celebrating his 90th birthday, and the 50th anniversery of the publication of his book The Nutrition Factor, he asked 11 "nutrition engineers" (experts in public health nutrition, specializing in low-income settings) 3 questions. These are their responses.
Introduction to the first issue of World Nutrition for 2023 Corporate capture of global public sp... more Introduction to the first issue of World Nutrition for 2023 Corporate capture of global public space and its resources proceeds apace. Unsatisfied with being a major cause of the double burden of malnutrition, global corporations have succeeded in convincing UN agencies and international NGOs that shipping development assistance dollars to their wealthy home countries is the best way to treat, first severe acute malnutrition and in a second push, moderate acute malnutrition. Now the big guns arrive, at least regarding the potential size of those dollar shipments. Imported products are now going to be the way to go even to prevent malnutrition. Pretty much all young children in low-and middle-income countries apparently need Small Quantity Lipid Nutrition Supplements (SQ-LNS). Make your stock investments quick-they already have UNICEF on board this absurd approach. Gupta et al., on behalf of the International Baby Food Action Network, one of the premier global actors in protecting, supporting and promoting breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and infant health, provide a commentary in the current issue of World Nutrition which I hope will serve to alert the global public health nutrition community before it's too late. If 10s of millions of children are annually going to need months' worth of a product made from ingredients shipped from industrialized countries, will any funding be left to do anything else in our field? We publish two research studies in this issue. Saglam and Evren found that professional water polo players in Turkey had generally poor diets. On match day, anxiety levels were higher and diets worse, but overall, anxiety levels did not correlate with diet quality. Pradhan and Sobti studied infant feeding practices in a Punjab district in India. They found that several practices, including heavy use of prelacteal feeds, was similar whether mothers delivered in a public or private hospital.
<p>This paper from 1988 describes what happens in the body as a person starves to death. &l... more <p>This paper from 1988 describes what happens in the body as a person starves to death. </p
<p>Italian translation of a paper I presented in 1998. Questo articolo è modificato da uno ... more <p>Italian translation of a paper I presented in 1998. Questo articolo è modificato da uno presentato al Workshop Internazionale di WABA Allattamento, Donne e Lavoro: dai Diritti Umani a Soluzioni a Quezon City, Filippine, 1º giugno 1998.</p
<p>This article from a now-defunct journal from Uppsala University describes in detail how ... more <p>This article from a now-defunct journal from Uppsala University describes in detail how the baby food industry markets its products, with some examples from the USA and Sweden. </p
Undernutrition and malnutrition among children and women have diminished in most low-income count... more Undernutrition and malnutrition among children and women have diminished in most low-income countries in recent decades except for large parts of Africa. The Swedish International Agency for Development Cooperation (Sida) UNICEF and the World Bank have financed nutrition projects. The right type of intervention can achieve much for children especially when breast feeding is promoted. Although the importance of iodine has been known for a long time the intensive iodination of salt worldwide has been propagated only in recent years. Research has shown that even slight deficiency of iodine leads to reduced ability to learn among children. 23-45% of child mortality could be reduced if the vitamin A needs of children could be assured. A combined strategy of large doses of vitamin A in capsule form as well as vitamin A-rich meals prepared from vegetables is recommended. Iron deficiency affects about half of the women and small children in many countries. Childrens learning ability also worsens if iron deficiency is present. In the poorest countries nutritional assistance often falters because of the lack of local capacity to distribute and utilize aid. Sida has been singularly responsible for building up capacity to absorb aid in many African countries. In Ethiopia and Zambia mixed results have ensued but in Zimbabwe and Tanzania the outcome has been splendid after many years of exertion. In these countries the nutritional status of children has improved in the 1990s despite their stagnating economies. The Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre is technically the best developed on the continent while Zimbabwes Ministry of Health has succeeded in carrying out a nationwide nutrition program and for most children (nearly 1 million) it provided a feeding program amidst recurring droughts. The promotion of the importance of breast feeding is borne out by the fact that exclusive breast feeding protects children against disease and stunting.
While an increasing body of research has documented the importance of breastfeeding for infant he... more While an increasing body of research has documented the importance of breastfeeding for infant health, very little research has been done on its economic implications. From an economic perspective, breast milk can in many respects be regarded like any other food commodity. For example, it could be stored in milk banks, and redistributed from areas of surplus to areas of scarcity. But breast milk is inique in that many of its benefits are associated more with its method of delivery than with its physical or nutritional properties per se. In this study based on field work in West Africa, the authors evaluate the economics of breast-feeding versus artificial feeding, but point out that the major impact of breastfeeding at national level is associated with its health-promoting and birth-spacing effects, neither of which are quantifiable at present.
Effect of feeding with DGLV on vitamin A status in ascaris-free Bangladeshi school children. In: ... more Effect of feeding with DGLV on vitamin A status in ascaris-free Bangladeshi school children. In: Vitamin A and Other Micronutrients: Biologic Interactions and Integrated Interventions, XIX IVACG Meeting, Durban, 8-11 March, 1999
Public health services have never taken full advantage of the potential for breastfeeding to save... more Public health services have never taken full advantage of the potential for breastfeeding to save lives World Nutrition Public health services have never taken full advantage of the potential for breastfeeding to save lives World Nutrition
In preparation for a talk Alan Berg was asked to give at an American Society for Nutrition meetin... more In preparation for a talk Alan Berg was asked to give at an American Society for Nutrition meeting honoring him, celebrating his 90th birthday, and the 50th anniversery of the publication of his book The Nutrition Factor, he asked 11 "nutrition engineers" (experts in public health nutrition, specializing in low-income settings) 3 questions. These are their responses.
Introduction to the first issue of World Nutrition for 2023 Corporate capture of global public sp... more Introduction to the first issue of World Nutrition for 2023 Corporate capture of global public space and its resources proceeds apace. Unsatisfied with being a major cause of the double burden of malnutrition, global corporations have succeeded in convincing UN agencies and international NGOs that shipping development assistance dollars to their wealthy home countries is the best way to treat, first severe acute malnutrition and in a second push, moderate acute malnutrition. Now the big guns arrive, at least regarding the potential size of those dollar shipments. Imported products are now going to be the way to go even to prevent malnutrition. Pretty much all young children in low-and middle-income countries apparently need Small Quantity Lipid Nutrition Supplements (SQ-LNS). Make your stock investments quick-they already have UNICEF on board this absurd approach. Gupta et al., on behalf of the International Baby Food Action Network, one of the premier global actors in protecting, supporting and promoting breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and infant health, provide a commentary in the current issue of World Nutrition which I hope will serve to alert the global public health nutrition community before it's too late. If 10s of millions of children are annually going to need months' worth of a product made from ingredients shipped from industrialized countries, will any funding be left to do anything else in our field? We publish two research studies in this issue. Saglam and Evren found that professional water polo players in Turkey had generally poor diets. On match day, anxiety levels were higher and diets worse, but overall, anxiety levels did not correlate with diet quality. Pradhan and Sobti studied infant feeding practices in a Punjab district in India. They found that several practices, including heavy use of prelacteal feeds, was similar whether mothers delivered in a public or private hospital.
<p>This paper from 1988 describes what happens in the body as a person starves to death. &l... more <p>This paper from 1988 describes what happens in the body as a person starves to death. </p
<p>Italian translation of a paper I presented in 1998. Questo articolo è modificato da uno ... more <p>Italian translation of a paper I presented in 1998. Questo articolo è modificato da uno presentato al Workshop Internazionale di WABA Allattamento, Donne e Lavoro: dai Diritti Umani a Soluzioni a Quezon City, Filippine, 1º giugno 1998.</p
<p>This article from a now-defunct journal from Uppsala University describes in detail how ... more <p>This article from a now-defunct journal from Uppsala University describes in detail how the baby food industry markets its products, with some examples from the USA and Sweden. </p
Undernutrition and malnutrition among children and women have diminished in most low-income count... more Undernutrition and malnutrition among children and women have diminished in most low-income countries in recent decades except for large parts of Africa. The Swedish International Agency for Development Cooperation (Sida) UNICEF and the World Bank have financed nutrition projects. The right type of intervention can achieve much for children especially when breast feeding is promoted. Although the importance of iodine has been known for a long time the intensive iodination of salt worldwide has been propagated only in recent years. Research has shown that even slight deficiency of iodine leads to reduced ability to learn among children. 23-45% of child mortality could be reduced if the vitamin A needs of children could be assured. A combined strategy of large doses of vitamin A in capsule form as well as vitamin A-rich meals prepared from vegetables is recommended. Iron deficiency affects about half of the women and small children in many countries. Childrens learning ability also worsens if iron deficiency is present. In the poorest countries nutritional assistance often falters because of the lack of local capacity to distribute and utilize aid. Sida has been singularly responsible for building up capacity to absorb aid in many African countries. In Ethiopia and Zambia mixed results have ensued but in Zimbabwe and Tanzania the outcome has been splendid after many years of exertion. In these countries the nutritional status of children has improved in the 1990s despite their stagnating economies. The Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre is technically the best developed on the continent while Zimbabwes Ministry of Health has succeeded in carrying out a nationwide nutrition program and for most children (nearly 1 million) it provided a feeding program amidst recurring droughts. The promotion of the importance of breast feeding is borne out by the fact that exclusive breast feeding protects children against disease and stunting.
While an increasing body of research has documented the importance of breastfeeding for infant he... more While an increasing body of research has documented the importance of breastfeeding for infant health, very little research has been done on its economic implications. From an economic perspective, breast milk can in many respects be regarded like any other food commodity. For example, it could be stored in milk banks, and redistributed from areas of surplus to areas of scarcity. But breast milk is inique in that many of its benefits are associated more with its method of delivery than with its physical or nutritional properties per se. In this study based on field work in West Africa, the authors evaluate the economics of breast-feeding versus artificial feeding, but point out that the major impact of breastfeeding at national level is associated with its health-promoting and birth-spacing effects, neither of which are quantifiable at present.
Effect of feeding with DGLV on vitamin A status in ascaris-free Bangladeshi school children. In: ... more Effect of feeding with DGLV on vitamin A status in ascaris-free Bangladeshi school children. In: Vitamin A and Other Micronutrients: Biologic Interactions and Integrated Interventions, XIX IVACG Meeting, Durban, 8-11 March, 1999
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