Eskimos and nutrition at Oxford

Abstract The United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture was called to order on 18 May 1943, in Hot Springs, Virginia, USA. From then until 3 June, an international group of experts debated the importance of nutrition in the prevention and control of disease. Reading the conclusions of that me...

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Main Author: Ewin, Jeannette
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Oxford University PressNew York, NY 2001
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192629272.003.0009
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Summary:Abstract The United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture was called to order on 18 May 1943, in Hot Springs, Virginia, USA. From then until 3 June, an international group of experts debated the importance of nutrition in the prevention and control of disease. Reading the conclusions of that meeting almost sixty years later, one cannot help but regret our failure to take up their challenge.