Nutrition Made Simpe, 4th Edition

Abstract

[Preface]. This is the fourth edition of Nutrition Made Simple. In the 1980 edition specific articles from the weekly Nyam News series were put together as a basic nutrition resource. It was well received, used primarily by people working in health and education, and others involved in public education programmes. The emphasis then was on malnourished children. Their plight has greatly improved. Presently, obesity (fatness) and diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke and cancer in adults have taken our region like a storm. These diseases, we now understand, also have direct connections with the way we eat. Once inflicted, they carry very grave consequences. Thus, "an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure". Many of these diseases are preventable through sound dietary practices.