Food for Thought:
A Story on Nutrition & Empowerment
By Dr. Divya L. Selvakumar PhD, MPH
Whether you are looking for a training tool to promote nutritional education at a grassroots level, or an entertaining and educational story.
This book takes the complex field of nutrition in developing countries, and teaches important and fundamental concepts in an easy to understand narrative.
What This Book Has To Offer
Food for Thought is a book about nutrition, empowerment, health and the important role food plays in all our lives. The book covers topics such as food security, prenatal nutrition, breastfeeding, HIV nutrition, nutrition policy, and even the role of the private sector in dealing with under nutrition. Complete with programmatic tools, some recipe ideas and discussion questions, this book is ideal for introducing the topic of nutrition to many audiences.
- “Divya L. Selvakumar has written a very important and comprehensive book, especially for those readers who have not studied nutrition. It is as though she has provided us with a mini-course in the relationship between good nutrition and good health, but by linking them to a variety of scenarios in this scientifically based novel, the information is communicated in a much more palatable form than one would encounter in a classroom.”
Leonard NessenFood and Drug Administration (retired) - “What a clever and entertaining presentation of proper nutrition throughout the life cycle, with a clear sense of the cultural and environmental challenges that people, especially women, face around the world. This book a great illustration of how big of a role empowered women can play in improving the health and nutrition status of their community”
Dr. Binetou C. Seck, M.D.Director and Founder of Nutrideal, Dakar, Senegal
Dr. Divya L. Selvakumar PhD, MPH
