ISBN: 9781856422857
Trim Size: 234 x 156
320 pages
Victoria Hall Moran, Fiona Dykes
Publication date: 29/03/2006
Price: £34.99
This book covers:
-The short and long term effects of nutrition on health
-The nature of the relationship between mother and infant
-The interactions between political, socio-cultural and biological factors in food and health
-The challenges and controversies inherent in the field
The diversity within this book reflects the vast pool of expertise involved in compiling the book. The contributors to this book represent the disciplines of anthropology, breastfeeding peer support, health visiting, midwifery, nursing, nutritional physiology and voluntary accredited breastfeeding supporters and counsellors form the Breastfeeding Network and the National Childbirth Trust.