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L J Harper

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PubMed1986

Food, nutrition, and agriculture: a liaison for world development.

In spite of larger worldwide food harvests in recent years, the number of people in underdeveloped countries without enough food to eat is increasing. Those most likely to suffer from undernutrition are the traditionally vulnerable groups, especially the rural poor. In many underdeveloped countries, the average farm size is smaller, the number of landless farm workers is larger, and the number of rural poor families without land on which to grow food or money to buy it for home consumption is greater than ever before. Undernutrition is often viewed as a family health problem only. Thus, education in nutrition is generally directed toward home economists, health workers, and primary school teachers. Since unavailability of food is usually the most limiting factor in improving nutritional status of the poor, all agencies dealing with the food chain from production to consumption should be involved. An educational partnership between health, nutrition, and agriculture may be the most important alliance that could be brought into being to ensure enough food for the nutritional well-being of the world's population. This article presents the rationale for education in nutrition in the preparation of agriculturalists and reviews some of the past efforts and present activities of national and international organizations to meld nutrition into agricultural world development programs.

Agriculture↗
PubMed1984

South-east Asia: curriculum guidelines for nutrition.

This project was a cooperative endeavour from its inception. It was designed for both two-way horizontal and vertical interactions at international, regional, and national levels, and within academic educational units in agriculture. This approach to introducing the study of food, nutrition and agriculture into agricultural education was made so that individuals, agencies, and groups interested or involved in agriculture, education, health, and nutrition policy or programmes in South-east Asia could have input into planning, implementing, and helping secure the study of nutrition in post-secondary agricultural curricula. It is a workable participatory model of action that has merit in other interdisciplinary educational planning endeavours.

Agriculture↗
PubMed1976

Longitudinal studies of food intake and weight of women from ages 18 to 56 years.

One hundred fifty-eight women have been studied over a thirty-seven-year period, starting with personal contacts during college and continuing by intermittent mail questionnaires through 1973. Food intakes were calculated from 24-hr. dietary recalls at each sampling. The dietary adjustments in calories and ten nutrients which were made during thirty-seven years were presented. Changes in weight are discussed in relation to dietary changes.

Adolescent↗