Development of Food-based Dietary Guidelines for the Western Pacific Region: The Shift from Nutrients and Food Groups to Food Availability, ... Noncommunicable Diseases (A WPRO Publication)
By WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific.
Description
Introduces the concept of food-based dietary guidelines as a powerful new tool for addressing the changing nutrition needs of Western Pacific countries. Food-based dietary guidelines, which emphasize specific foods dishes and local cuisines rather than nutrients or food groups, are considered an especially promising tool for the development of culturally sensitive dietary advice easily understood by consumers. The book which gives particular attention to diet-related chronic diseases is issued at a time when Western Pacific countries are experiencing dramatic urbanization, population ageing...
ISBN(s)
9290611294
