Starvation and Malnutrition

Starvation and Malnutrition: Medical Nutrition and Public Health is a carefully designed selection of chapters written by experts on emerging and controversial topics in starvation and malnutrition. Edited by a distinguished nutritional scientist and an experienced medical provider, the book is a timely contribution to the field. In addition to addressing etiologies at a high degree of resolution, it introduces and evaluates emerging and controversial interventions across the age spectrum. Dietary interventions, such as the amino acid metabolite, hydroxymethylbutyrate (HMB), L-Arginine, L-Glutamine, omega-3 fatty acids, beta-glucan, and a spectrum of food-derived bioactives are covered relative to restoration of age-appropriate nutritional status and functionality.

Finally, a series of special topics, including refeeding syndromes and their management is detailed for applications in breastfeeding, HIV, extended starvation or fasting, and even implications of potential nutritional toxicology. In addition, critical agricultural practices within the global community are analyzed with respect to nutrition adequacy, crop management, and a spectrum of attributes that impact the safety and availability of locally grown foods.

• Includes advances in science and clinical interventions
• Reviews agricultural practices with respect to nutrition adequacy
• Covers the impact of age, gender and culture on malnutrition and starvation
• Explores the effects on fasting and breastfeeding
• Identifies specific inflammatory mechanisms that promote accelerated catabolism
• Provides the nutritional functionality of different dietary interventions, including bioactives and micronutrients
• Discusses the social and political impact of malnutrition and starvation