B. S. Narasinga Rao ¹

Affiliations
1 NIN, Hyderabad, IN

Abstract

Our country has been facing different nutrition problems since the eariy decades of the last century. Nearly fifty per cent of Indian population who are poor face the nutrition deficiency problems covering energy, protein, calcium, vitamin A, iron, riboflavin, iodine, zinc and selenium. Dietary intake of these nutrients are generally inadequate to meet their requirements, leading to clinical or functional deficiencies of nutrients. Initially that is, before 1950 much of nutrition research was centred on identifying clinical nutrition deficiency diseases and their treatment. Most of the nutritional deficiency diseases were encountered as clinical cases in hospitals and their clinical description and amelioration used to receive emphasis.

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B. S. Narasinga Rao ¹

Affiliations
1 National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad - 500 007, IN

Abstract

It was during the early decades of this century that Sir Robert McCarrison, father of nutrition research in India, postulated that faulty diet was the basis of several health problems of the country prevailing at that time. This has been amply confirmed by subsequent studies over the past seven decades and this axiom is as true today as it was at his time.

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K. Satyanarayana ¹, A. Nadamuni Naidu ¹, B. S. Narasinga Rao ¹

Affiliations
1 National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad-500 007, IN

Abstract

A major proportion of rural population in developing countries is known to earn their livelihood on activities related to agriculture.

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K. Satyanarayana ¹, B. S. Narasinga Rao ¹, S. G. Srikantia ¹

Affiliations
1 National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad, IN

Abstract

It is generally believed that nutrition and food intake are closely related to the efficiency and productivity of workers. It is also believed that lack of adequate food for prolonged periods results in lethargy and sluggishness and also reduces physical endurance. Accident rates and rates of absenteeism have been reported to be high among malnourished subjects.

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B. S. Narasinga Rao

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This publication is a report of a research conference organised by the British Nutrition Foundation to discuss the nutritional situation in an affluent society such as Britain. Apart from the invited British nutritionists, the membership of the conference included representatives of the Nutrition Foundation Inc. (U. S. A.) and of the Swedish Nutrition Foundation.

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B. S. Narasinga Rao

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Radioimmunoassay and saturation analysis are techniques of recent development for determination with high specificity extremely small quantities of a wide variety of biological compounds like hormones, drugs etc.

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