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Subject Guide: Nutrition |
Environmental and Nutritional Status of Countries
Books
Cambridge World History of Food - excerpts REF TX353 .C255 2000 or Website at http://www.cambridge.org/us/books/kiple/rice.htm
CIA World Factbook REF G122.U56 2005
Countries and their Cultures (NetLibrary)
CultureGrams REF GT1 .C85 2006
Print and Online version will give a small paragraph on diet.
Culture Shock! ____________ (Name of country)
Doing business in _________ (Name of country) for Dummies
Doing business in _________ (Name of country, Price Waterhouse as publisher)
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture REF GT2850 .E53 2003
You may look under a specific food and it may have an entry. Usually does NOT contain an entry for a specific country.
Geo-data: the World Geographical Dictionary REF G103.5 .G36 2005
This one volume includes basic information about a country along with climate and vegetation and natural resources.
It is arranged alphabetically by the name of each country.
Geography on File REF G1021 .F25 2004
Handbook of International Health Care Systems REF 441 .H36
Illustrative Book of World Rankings REF HA 155 .K87 2001
This book does exactly what the title suggests. The book gives categories including food topics and ranks countries
within the topic. The food category begins on page 335.
Statistical Handbook on Poverty in the Developing World REF HC59.72 .P6 s73
Statistical Yearbook REF HA12.5 .U63
Statesman Yearbook REF JA51 .S7
A Textbook of World Health: a Practical Guide to Global Health Care REF RA 441 .W43 1995
Transcultural Health Care: a Culturally Competent Approach REF 418.5 .T73
World Cookbook for Students REF TX725 .A1 J23 (5 volumes)
Databases
CountryWatchCultureGrams
The online version will give recipes for each country.
GenderStats: Database of Gender Statistics Website at http://genderstats.worldbank.org/home.asp
World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision Population Database Website at http://esa.un.org/unup/index.asp?=2
Websites
CIA World Factbook Website at https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Country Pages Website at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html
Country Profiles Website at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html
Country Studies Website at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
Demographic and Health Surveys Website at http://www.measuredhs.com/countries/start.cfm
EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal Website at http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/index.php
Epicurus.com Website at http://www.epicurus.com/food/cookbook/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Website at http://www.fao.org/index_en.htm
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Documents WebSite at http://www.fao.org/documents/
Food in Every Country Website at http://www.foodbycountry.com/
Foodbooks.com Website at http://foodbooks.com
Geology.com Website at http:geology.com/world
Healthy Food Recipes Website at http://www.banquets.org/index.php
Infoplease Website at http://www.infoplease.com/
Information Please Almanac Website at http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html
Information Please Atlas Website at http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country
Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z Website at http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/index.html
Progress On Hunger Reduction By Country Website at http://www.fao.org/faostat/foodsecurity/MDG_en.htm
Recipesource.com Website at http://recipesource.com/
STAT-USA (Database) Ask at Reference Desk. Only available on-campus.
UNICEF Website at http://www.unicef.org/
US Department of State Background Notes Website at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
" These publications include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign
relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Notes are updated/revised
by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the
Department's regional bureaus and are added to the database of the Department of State website you are now using. “
Country Pages -
Within each Background Note is a link under "OFFICIAL NAME" that goes to the respective "country page" containing
additional information. For a specific country, click on the Background Note link below, or, for a list of the countries in a
region of the world ( with links to respective country pages) go to the Countries and Other Areas section in each of these
regions: Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, Near East, South Asia, and the Western Hemisphere . “
WaterPartners International Website at http://www.water.org/
World Food Habits Bibliography Website at http://lilt.ilstu.edu/rtdirks/
World Health Organization Website at http://www.who.int/en/
Country information obtained by WHO can be found at http://www.who.int/countries/en/
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