Nutrition and Food Science: Present Knowledge and Utilization

The XI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF NUTRITION - XI ICN - pro­ moted by the INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES - IUNS -, and organized by the BRAZILIAN NUTRITION SOCIETY - BNS - was held in the Convention Center of the Hotel Nacional, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 27th to September 1st, 1978. Taking place for the first time in the southern hemisphere, the XI ICN received the collaboration and participation of various international agencies, includin~ the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization (PARO) , the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Food and Agriculture Organi­ zation (FAO) , the International Fund for Agricultural Development (!FAD), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Food Program (WFP) and the World Food Council (WFC). The meeting had a multi-disciplinary character, with the par­ ticipation of professionals and students from the different sec­ tors related to the field of food and nutrition, and aroused con­ siderable interest, which was demonstrated by the presence of 5,026 participants from 92 countries,and the presentation of more than 1,200 scientific papers.

Section I Planning and Implementation of National Programs.- Nutrition Within Development.- Incorporating Nutrition Goals into National Intersectorial Planning ― The Issues.- National Food and Nutrition Planning and Policies: Some Cautionary Comments.- Incorporating Nutritional Goals into Agricultural Sector Planning.- Incorporating Nutrition Goals into Health Sector Planning.- The Politics of Nutrition: An Agenda for Action.- Impact of the Energy Crisis on Food and Nutrition Systems.- Nutrition Planning at Community Level: The Colombian Experience.- Chilean Experience: Planning and Implementation of National and Nutritional Programs.- Multisector Factors Affecting Nourishment and Nutrition.- Reflections on a Food and Nutrition Policy.- Tamilnadu Nutrition Project ― An Approach to Integrated Planning.- Planning and Implementation of National Food and Nutrition Policies and Programs. The Brazilian Experience: The National Food and Nutrition Program, II Pronan.- Impact of Government Development Policies and Programmes of Food and Nutrition Sector: the Indian Experience.- Section II The Role of International and Non-Governmental Agencies.- The Role of the International Development Bank in Nutrition.- Activities of the World Food Council for the Improvement of the World Food Situation.- Nutrition and the Role of the International Fund for Agricultural Development.- The World Food Situation.- New Institutional Arrangements for Nutrition in the United Nations System.- Victory Against Hunger.- Nutrition and Hunger: Can the Voluntary Agencies Meet the Challenge?.- Section III The Role of the Private Sector.- Private Sector.- The Role of Private Enterprise in the Solution of Food and Nutritional Problems.- Viewpoints of Agro-industrial Enterprise on the Solution to the Food Problem.- Freedom from Malnutrition and Disease ― the Contribution of Amino-acids.- Contribution of the Small Farmers in the Solution of Malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean: Possibilities of Associative Enterprises.- Section IV Program Evaluation and Nutritional Surveillance.- Evaluation, an Imperative Responsibility in Nutrition Intervention Programs.- Impediments and Requirements of Nutrition Evaluation.- Conceptual Elements of the Evaluation of the Nutrition Project Brazil/IBRD.- Health-related Components of a Nutritional Surveillance System.- Agricultural and Economic Components of Nutritional Surveillance.- Operationalization of Food and Nutrition Surveillance Systems: Experiences and Methodological Advances.- The Use of Surveillance Systems for Early Warning of Disasters.- Nutrition Surveillance in the United States.- Food and Nutrition Surveillance System in Ethiopia.- Nutrition Surveillance: Lessons from a Pilot Project, Philippines.- Nutritional Surveillance ― Initial Experience in Sri Lanka.- Nutrition Surveillance Systems ― The Yugoslav Experience.- Section V Nutrition Intervention Programs for Rural and Urban Areas.- Maximizing Nutritional Output of Small Farms.- Nutrition Intervention Programs for Rural Areas: African Experiences.- Public Health Program to Promote Nutrition in Rural Areas ― Thailand Experience.- Agricultural Planning and Policy to Improve Nutrition for the Rural Poor ― The Tanzanian Experience.- Role of Home Science in Motivating Women to Participate in and Benefit from Programs which Promote Rural Nutrition.- Socio-Economic Factors in the Nutrition of the Rural Poor.- Nutrition Intervention in Low Income Rural Areas.- U.S. Food Programs for People at Low Socioeconomic Level.- Functional Literacy in Integrated Child Care in India.- S.N. Chaudhuri and Amit Dasgupta Feeding Programmes ― Base for Integrated Services.- Results of a Community Nutritional Programme as Part of a Comprehensive Cardiovascular Control Program (the North Karelia Project).- Nutrition Strategies: Fortification of Monosodium Glutamate.- Dietary Deficit of Vitamin A in Population: Approaches to Correct it.- Strategies for the Prevention of Vitamin A Deficiency.- Characterization of Vitamin A Deficiency and Design of Intervention Programs.- Mass Distribution of Vitamin A for the Prevention of Xerophthalmia.- Vitamin A Deficiency ― Ongoing Programs. Private Agencies.- Section VI Mass Feeding Programs.- Recommendations on Famine-Dealing with Nutrition and Relief Operations in Times of Disaster.- School Feeding: Problems and Prospects.- Mass Feeding Programs.- Workers’ Feeding Programs in Poland.- Feeding Programme: Experience in Thailand.- Mass Feeding.- Fiscal Incentives for Worker Feeding in Brazil.- Institutional Feeding for the Worker.- Industrial and School Canteens in Western Society Critical Quantitative and Qualitiative Evaluation.- Electronic Data Processing in Food Service Management.- Section VII Consumer Protection Programs.- Food Problems and Consumer Protection.- The Nutrition Program of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).- Strengthening of Food Control Services in Zambia ― A Case Study.- Food Management for Protection of Consumer Interests.- Contributors.