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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a public workshop in September 2017 to explore the evidence for achieving global harmonization of methodological approaches to establishing nutrient intake recommendations. Participants reviewed current nutrient intake recommendations, discussed the feasibility of harmonizing approaches to setting such recommendations globally, examined the development of principles by which they may be applied in diverse contexts that relate to individuals or populations, or regulatory purposes, and examined perceptions and acceptance of nutrient intake recommendations by different stakeholders. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
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"Urban Health in Africa explores the understudied phenomenon of Africa's rapid urbanization and its crucial implications for health, prosperity, and sustainability in various cities through a diverse range of topics-from housing to climate change-offering an indispensable resource for researchers and practitioners alike"--
" A fascinating journey [with] a few salient conclusions: primarily that we'd all be a lot better off if we ate like our great-great-great grandparents." — National Post There are few areas of modern life that are as burdened by information and advice, often contradictory, as our diet and health. In 100 Million Years of Food, biological anthropologist Stephen Le explains how cuisines of different cultures are a result of centuries of evolution, finely tuned to our biology and surroundings. Travelling around the world to places as far-flung as Vietnam, Kenya, India, and the US, Stephen Le introduces us to people who are growing, cooking, and eating food using both traditional and modern met...
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This guide to nutritional assessment and intervention in wellness--and in a wide variety of diseases and disorders from infancy through adulthood--documents current research behind the nutrition practices presented, and assists health care practitioners in providing appropriate, individualized care.