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Title
Handbook of famine, starvation, and nutrient deprivation : from biology to policy / Victor R. Preedy, Vinood B. Patel, editors.
ISBN
9783319553870 (electronic book)
3319553879 (electronic book)
9783319553863
9783319553887
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-55387-0 doi
Call Number
RC623
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.39
Summary
This book addresses the causes and effects of nutrient deficiencies along the cell-to-communities continuum. The book is primarily concerned with a lack or deficiency of one or more micro- or macronutrients in connection with malnutrition, under nutrition, and starvation. Embedded within the deficiency states is acute restriction whereby food is withdrawn completely for short periods, as when individuals are adhering to religious requirements or undergoing surgical procedures. Further downstream is the consumption of a fraction of the normal diet, as when individuals are dieting or when there is restriction in the amount or variety of food available. The causes of such reductions in dietary intake are varied and also include the social context of poverty, financial limitations, and famine. Refugees and displaced persons may also be vulnerable to under nutrition or total starvation. Diseases may also impact on the total food consumed, such as when there are physical impediments (intestinal obstruction or dysphagia) or anorexia (induced by organic disease or as a disease process per se, ie, anorexia nervosa). This book, organized as approximately 125 chapters in 17 major sections, covers the variable manifestations of dietary restrictions on cells, whole organs, the individual, and societies. .
Note
Includes index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 13, 2019).
General aspects of famine
Effects of famine
Food security, low income and poverty
Effects of food security and poverty
Refugees and displaced persons
Medical causes of dietary restrictions and malnutrition
Anorexia
Anorexia Nervosa
Classifications of starvation and malnutrition
Kwashiorkor and marasmus
Starvation and the individual
Fasting and the individual
Deficiencies of micro and macro nutrients
Effects on organ systems
Molecular Effects
Modelling systems in vertebrates and lower organisms
Policy and strategy.
