Child Nutrition in South East Asia

Session 1 General Aspects of Child Nutrition in South East Asia.- Childhood malnutrition in South East Asia: Concepts and strategies for control.- Vitamin A problems in South East Asia with special reference to its impact on child health.- Infection and malnutrition.- The pattern of feeding and the nutritional status of infants and children in Indonesia.- Discussion.- Session 2 Nutrition of Pregnant Mother and Infant.- The East Java pregnancy study: Effect of prenatal energy supplementation on mother and infant.- Weaning foods in infant nutrition.- Ethnic differences in breast-feeding among well-to-do Singaporeans.- A prospective study of growth and nutrition of Aboriginal children from birth to two years in North-West Australia.- Discussion.- Session 3 Early Childhood Malnutrition and its Late Effects, with Emphasis on Prevention.- Selective review of studies on the behavioural effects of childhood malnutrition.- Protein-energy malnutrition in Papua New Guinea: Its functional significance.- Mother and child health at village level: The effect of the mother and child card..- Discussion.- Session 4 Nutritional Deficiencies in Children.- Iron deficiency anemia and its problems.- Iron deficiency and infant development.- Infection and immunity of vitamin A and iron deficient children.- Supplementary feeding in childhood diarrhea.- Discussion.- Session 5 Diarrhea and Malabsorption in Children.- Diarrhea, growth and feeding practices.- Dietary management of acute diarrhea: A scientific basis.- Chronic diarrhea and its management: Breast-feeding and short chain peptide.- Breath hydrogen test for lactose malabsorption in Chinese children and infants.- Discussion.- Session 6 Medical Teaching on Child Nutrition.- Integrated medical teaching curriculum on child nutrition.- Discussion.- Closing Remarks.- Index of Subjects.