World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Abstract

.... enough scientific knowledge has accumulated so that considerable improvement in the nutritional health of people all over the world could be realized, if only this knowledge were effectively applied. This quotation from the summary of the first chapter, Nutrition Education, could just as well be the compelling reason for this volume and for the entire series. Nutrition education is the responsibility of many people in various disciplines. This reality serves to re-emphasize the need for adequate education in nutrition within the basic training of all persons in health and allied fields. The chapters on present concepts in diet therapy and on certain aspects of the history of dietetics could serve as orientation to ways in which nutritional information can be applied therapeutically and in the promotion of health. The effectiveness of programs to modify food habits and the need for social scientists to assist in the development and evaluation of such activities are also reviewed. Scientific knowledge is presented through comprehensive chapters on the metabolism of vitamin A and carotene, the influence of proteins on the absorption and metabolism of vitamin A, an appraisal of the evidence for recently recommended protein allowances, bone pathology in experimental malnutrition, and on the fate of selenium in animals. With advisory editors from seven countries and papers coming from four different countries, the term World in the title is appropriate. With papers on the application of nutrition knowledge, the term Dietetics is also appropriate. Volume 5 is a welcome addition in this series which has something for everyone concerned with health. JOHN H. BROWE HOUSING AND SOCIETY-By Glenn H. Beyer. New York, N. Y.: Macmillan (60 Fifth Ave.), 1965. 595 pp. Price, $8.95.