The Encyclopaedia on ‘Changing Trends in Health and Nutrition’ has been weaved into four comprehensive volumes on various phases of diet and health by dr. Sujata K. Dass an eminent medical doctor and expert on the subject. She has laid emphasis on, good diet and nutrition which are the most essential ingredients, helpful to be the growth of the child science his early days. She is of the opinion that good and balanced nutrition during childhood helps to lay a strong foundation for a healthy adult hood. Volume I has bearing on diet, nutrition and changing are style; Volume II explains the effectiveness of good health and nutrition; Volume III has deep links of child hood nutrition with academic progress: In fact good health is needed to achieve one’s full educational potential because nutrition affects intellectual development and learning ability; Volume IV lays emphasis on food and nutrition security. As urban expansion continues apace, the overall cost of supplying, distributing and accessing food is likely to increase further and, with it, the number of urban households are food insecure. These volumes would be useful for medical practitioners, teachers, scholars and students in India and abroad.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sujata K. Dass
Sujata K. Dass was born in a family of bureaucrats and social workers on July 19, 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan. She joined Queens College of the City University of the New York for B.S. degree. She joined King College, Lucknow and completed her MBBS in 1988-89 and thereafter, completed her Ph.D. Medicine. She was Clinical Observer/Visiting Fellow in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Research Institute (Memorial Hospital) of Cornell University, New York during 1991-92. Dr. Sujata was a Research Fellow at The New York Presbyterian Hospital – Medical College of Cornell University, New York. She was appointed Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Chair Professor at the young Chair Professor at the young age of 36 years. She is a Visiting Faculty/ Fellow at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi since 1997 and currently working as Research Scientist in the Department of Medicine, V.P,. Chest Institute, University of Delhi. She is an eminent scientist and is recipient of DST Young Scientist Award and Award of Highest Honour of the Soka University, Japan. She has published several research papers in international journals of repute and has authored two books on ‘Food and Nutrition: Concepts and Measurements’ and ‘Community Participation in Health Management.’
There are no reviews yet.