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    Victor R. Preedy, Vinood B. Patel, editors.
    Summary: This book addresses the causes and effects of nutrient deficiencies along the cell-to-communities continuum. The book is primarily concerned with a lack or deficiency of one or more micro- or macronutrients in connection with malnutrition, under nutrition, and starvation. Embedded within the deficiency states is acute restriction whereby food is withdrawn completely for short periods, as when individuals are adhering to religious requirements or undergoing surgical procedures. Further downstream is the consumption of a fraction of the normal diet, as when individuals are dieting or when there is restriction in the amount or variety of food available. The causes of such reductions in dietary intake are varied and also include the social context of poverty, financial limitations, and famine. Refugees and displaced persons may also be vulnerable to under nutrition or total starvation. Diseases may also impact on the total food consumed, such as when there are physical impediments (intestinal obstruction or dysphagia) or anorexia (induced by organic disease or as a disease process per se, ie, anorexia nervosa). This book, organized as approximately 125 chapters in 17 major sections, covers the variable manifestations of dietary restrictions on cells, whole organs, the individual, and societies.

    Contents:
    General aspects of famine
    Effects of famine
    Food security, low income and poverty
    Effects of food security and poverty
    Refugees and displaced persons
    Medical causes of dietary restrictions and malnutrition
    Anorexia
    Anorexia Nervosa
    Classifications of starvation and malnutrition
    Kwashiorkor and marasmus
    Starvation and the individual
    Fasting and the individual
    Deficiencies of micro and macro nutrients
    Effects on organ systems
    Molecular Effects
    Modelling systems in vertebrates and lower organisms
    Policy and strategy.
    Digital Access Springer 2019
  • Article
    Blumenthal T, Brown S, Young RA, Stringfellow L.
    Biochem Soc Trans. 1978;6(1):52-6.
    Digital Access Access Options