International and Public Health Nutrition Group Symposium on 'The interface between evidence, policy and practice in public health nutrition': Evidence v. rights-based decision making for nutrition

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 553-562

  Shrimpton, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based nutrition; Fetal and infant growth; Right to food

Indexed keywords

CHILD GROWTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FETUS GROWTH; FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; UNITED KINGDOM; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED NATIONS;

CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 0037928081     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2003264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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