Food and Nutrition Bulletin Volume 17, Number 1, 1996 (UNU Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 1996, 92 pages)

Articles based on an international workshop on iron-deficiency anaemia

Editorial introduction

Review of surveys and supplementation studies of anaemia in Indonesia

Vitamin A and nutritional anaemia

Effects of iron fortification in a school feeding scheme and anthelmintic therapy on the iron status and growth of six- to eight-year-old schoolchildren

Iron-supplementation programmes: Compliance of target groups and frequency of tablet intake

Anaemia and haemoglobin status: A new concept and a new method of assessment

Can increased vegetable consumption improve iron status?

Iron deficiency: The problem and approaches to its solution

Public health nutrition

A comparative study of the nutritional status of children in villages in northern Nigeria using and not using soya beans

Evaluation of a breastfeeding-support programme with health promoters' participation

Benefits of a school breakfast programme among Andean children in Huaraz, Peru

Clinical nutrition

Symptoms of primary adult-type lactose maldigestion in Tswana children

Food technology

Large-scale production of salt fortified with iodine and iron

IFPRI food policy statement

Women: The key to food security

News and notes

Books received

UNU programme on food and nutrition for human and social development