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Enhancing Nutrition Security via India's National Food Security Act: Using an Axe instead of a Scalpel?

In September 2013, India passed a historic National Food Security Act. This paper examines the potential impact of the two central pillars of this act - expansion of the Public Distribution System and strengthening of the Integrated Child Development Schemes - on child nutrition. Using new data from the India Human Development Survey of 2011-12, this paper shows that access to subsidized grains...

Dietary fatty acids in an era of genetic modification.

Sustainable farming systems for food and nutrition security - FSN Forum Summary

During the discussion, the important role of agriculture as a major provider of environmental services also emerged, with participants pointing to its important role in sequestering carbon, managing watersheds and preserving biodiversity. Conversely, it was pointed out that agriculture is also a major consumer of natural resources and that sustainable About this online discussion This document ...

A systematic review of the evidence on symptom management of cancer-related anorexia and cachexia.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate and synthesize the evidence regarding cancer-related anorexia and cachexia symptom management and make recommendations for future directions. DATA SOURCES Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, CANCERLIT, CINAHL, Dissertation Abstracts, EBM Reviews--Best Evidence, EMBASE, and the Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects. Current overviews, clinical trials, s...

Overview of the physiological control of eating.

In this chapter we discuss the physiology of eating, with a particular focus on its relevance to the present obesity epidemic. The physiology of eating comprises the functional organization of eating behavior, the types of exteroceptive and interoceptive information that affect eating, the neural and endocrine sensory mechanisms relaying this information to the central nervous system (CNS), and...