The Pacific Islands food composition tables / by Cecily Dignan [and others]
Traditional Pacific Island diets were diverse and nutritionally appropriate. In recent decades Pacific Islanders have experienced many changes in lifestyle and diet. Most of the dietary changes have not been for the better, and have contributed to the burden of malnutrition throughout the Pacific. T...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Rome :
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
©2004.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Summary: | Traditional Pacific Island diets were diverse and nutritionally appropriate. In recent decades Pacific Islanders have experienced many changes in lifestyle and diet. Most of the dietary changes have not been for the better, and have contributed to the burden of malnutrition throughout the Pacific. The vast natural biodiversity of food plants and animals represent an asset that is sadly neglected. Food composition activities provide a focus on the nutrient content of individual cultivars, wild and cultivated, that will add to the impetus to preserve its rich diversity for the food security of the region. The food composition data presented in this document are fundamental to food trade, agriculture policy development, nutrition education, and the setting/achieving of nutrition goals and guidelines. |
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| Item Description: | "The second edition relies on the bulk of work prepared for the first edition, largely by Cecily Dignan and Barbara Burlingame as the original project initiators. Credit for the new analytical work and compilation goes to Shailesh Kumar [and others] ... with inputs and project oversight from Bill Aalbersberg and Barbara Burlingame"--P. v. "The University of the South Pacific"--Cover. Chiefly tables. |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 135 pages ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xiv-xvii) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9251051380 (pbk.) |