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Peer reviewedEarly Child Development and Care, 1985
Reports four basic strategies of the current child survival revolution in the world: use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for preventing and treating diarrheal dehydration (the biggest single killer of children in the modern world), growth monitoring to prevent child malnutrition, breast-feeding, and immunization to provide protection against six…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Health Education, Hunger, Immunization Programs
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1985
This paper contains testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine ways of controlling cancer. Opening statements are included from Representatives Claudine Schneider, Jim Lightfoot, and Ben Blaz. Testimonies are given by Rosemarie Lindgren, a homemaker and former cancer patient, and by Jules Cardin, a patient…
Descriptors: Cancer, Disease Control, Hearings, Medical Evaluation
National Dairy Council, Rosemont, IL. – 1984
The properties of three critical elements in the human diet are discussed. In the first section, the functions of sodium in the body and in the diet are considered. The relationship between sodium and hypertension is explored, and recommendations from professional health groups on the sodium consumption are presented. In the second section, the…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Disease Control, Eating Habits, Elementary Secondary Education
Fricker, Jacques – Children in the Tropics, 1993
Focusing on health issues in developing countries, this journal presents information about diarrhoeal diseases and related health problems. The journal is divided into the following sections: (1) "Intestinal Absorption of Water and Electrolytes"; (2) "Diagnosis of Infectious Diarrhoea"; (3) "Hydration and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Childhood Needs, Communicable Diseases, Developing Nations
Hawes, Hugh, Ed.; Scotchmer, Christine, Ed. – 1993
This book is designed for those who work with children and who believe that children, in schools and as family members, need to be considered partners in spreading health messages as well as benefiting from them. It contains the messages included in "Facts for Life," a handbook that presents practical, low-cost ways of protecting…
Descriptors: Birth, Breastfeeding, Child Health, Child Safety
Battafarano, Annette M. – 1985
Nutrition is well-recognized as a necessary component of educational programs for physicians. This is to be valued in that of all factors affecting health in the United States, none is more important than nutrition. This can be argued from various perspectives, including health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic management. In all…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Dietetics, Disease Control, Health Education
Gallagher-Allred, Charlette R.; Stein, Joan Z. – 1980
Nutrition is well-recognized as a necessary component of educational programs for physicians. This is to be valued in that of all factors affecting health in the United States, none is more important than nutrition. This can be argued from various perspectives, including health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic management. In all…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Dietetics, Disease Control, Ethnic Groups
Latanick, Maureen Rogan; Gallagher-Allred, Charlette R. – 1980
Nutrition is well-recognized as a necessary component of educational programs for physicians. This is to be valued in that of all factors affecting health in the United States, none is more important than nutrition. This can be argued from various perspectives, including health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic management. In all…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Dietetics, Disease Control, Health Education
Allred, John B. – 1985
Nutrition is well-recognized as a necessary component of educational programs for physicians. This is to be valued in that of all factors affecting health in the United States, none is more important than nutrition. This can be argued from various perspectives, including health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic management. In all…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Dietetics, Disease Control, Health Education
Cox, Janice Hovasi; Gallagher-Allred, Charlette R. – 1980
Nutrition is well-recognized as a necessary component of educational programs for physicians. This is to be valued in that of all factors affecting health in the United States, none is more important than nutrition. This can be argued from various perspectives, including health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic management. In all…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Dietetics, Disease Control, Health Education
Crosser, Gail Hoddlebrink; Molleson, Ann L. – 1985
Nutrition is well-recognized as a necessary component of educational programs for physicians. This is to be valued in that of all factors affecting health in the United States, none is more important than nutrition. This can be argued from various perspectives, including health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic management. In all…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Disease Control, Health Education, Higher Education
Tuckermanty, Elizabeth; Gallagher-Allred, Charlette R. – 1980
Nutrition is well-recognized as a necessary component of educational programs for physicians. This is to be valued in that of all factors affecting health in the United States, none is more important than nutrition. This can be argued from various perspectives, including health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic management. In all…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Children, Dietetics, Disease Control
Cox, Janice Hovasi; Gallagher-Allred, Charlette R. – 1980
Nutrition is well-recognized as a necessary component of educational programs for physicians. This is to be valued in that of all factors affecting health in the United States, none is more important than nutrition. This can be argued from various perspectives, including health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic management. In all…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Dietetics, Disease Control, Health Education
Gallagher-Allred, Charlette R.; Townley, Nancy A. – 1980
Nutrition is well-recognized as a necessary component of educational programs for physicians. This is to be valued in that of all factors affecting health in the United States, none is more important than nutrition. This can be argued from various perspectives, including health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic management. In all…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Body Weight, Dietetics, Disease Control
Crosser, Gail Hoddlebrink – 1985
Nutrition is well-recognized as a necessary component of educational programs for physicians. This is to be valued in that of all factors affecting health in the United States, none is more important than nutrition. This can be argued from various perspectives, including health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic management. In all…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Disease Control, Health Education, Higher Education
