Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to public health nutrition / Natalie Stein -- Nutritional epidemiology : application to cardiovascular disease / Lyn M. Steffen, Natalie Stein -- Theories of behavior change and their application to public health nutrition / Jennifer Falbe, Kirsten K. Davison -- The food environment and prepared foods / Seung Hee Lee-Kwan, Natalie Stein -- Public health nutrition inequalities : the global context / Odilia I. Bermudez -- Formative research approaches to develop undernutrition interventions / Stephen Kodish -- The role of national community-based programs in improving nutritional status in Thailand / Pattanee Winichagoon -- Infant and young child feeding : strategies and lessons learned in Bangladesh / Tina G. Sanghvi, Rukhsana Haider -- Global perspectives on the promotion, protection, and support of breastfeeding / Heather Wasser -- Improving infant and young child feeding in low-resource communities : case studies from Ghana, West Africa / Grace S. Marquis -- Nutrition of women and children : focus on Ghana and HIV/AIDS / Amos Laar, Richmond Aryeetey -- Pneumonia in severely malnourished children in developing countries : public health nutrition approaches to prevention and early treatment / Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Abu Sayed Golam Faruque, Hasan Ashraf, Md. Iqbal Hossain, Md. Munirul Islam, Sumon Kumar Das, Tahmeed Ahmed -- Childhood diarrhea and severe malnutrition / Abu Sayed Golam Faruque, Sumon Kumar Das, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Farzana Afroze, Hasan Ashraf, Md. Iqbal Hossain, Md. Munirul Islam, Tahmeed Ahmed -- Food security and special diets : meeting children's nutrient needs in industrialized nations / Natalie Stein, Juliana F.W. Cohen -- Children's dietary needs and the role of school meals / Natalie Stein, Juliana F.W. Cohen -- Prevention of osteoporosis in children and adolescents / May C. Wang, Aenor J. Sawyer, Tabashir Z. Nobari -- Meeting adult nutritional needs through public health nutrition programs / Suzanna A. Young -- Obesity : an ecologic perspective on challenges and solutions / Rebecca E. Lee, Heather J. Leach, Erica G. Soltero, Kirstin R. Volrath, Allen M. Hallett, Nathan H. Parker, Matthew B. Cross, Scherezade K. Mama, Tracey A. Ledoux -- Nutrition and cardiovascular disease : a global public health concern / Shweta Khandelwal, Mohammed K. Ali, Karen R. Siegel -- Cardiovascular disease : the public health nutrition impact of hypertension in the African American community in the southern United States / Palphenia D. Pace, Melissa Johnson -- Vitamin D and bone health : a nutritional perspective on a public health problem / Hope Weiler -- Global changes in diet and physical activity : the nutrition transition / Hala Madanat, Iyas Masannat -- Food policies in a changing nutrition landscape : assessing child nutrition in pastoralist communities in Africa / Emily Mitchard Turano, Elizabeth Stites -- Telehealth, telemedicine, eHealth, and mHealth in nutrition programs / P. Greg Gulick.