By Dr. Walter J. Santos (auth.), Walter Santos, Nabuco Lopes, J. J. Barbosa, Dagoberto Chaves, José Carlos Valente (eds.)

The XI foreign CONGRESS OF meals - XI ICN - seasoned­ moted by means of the overseas UNION OF dietary SCIENCES - IUNS -, and arranged via the BRAZILIAN nutrients SOCIETY - BNS - was once held within the conference middle of the inn Nacional, within the urban of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August twenty seventh to September 1st, 1978. happening for the 1st time within the southern hemisphere, the XI ICN bought the collaboration and participation of assorted foreign businesses, includin~ the realm wellbeing and fitness association (WHO), the Pan American healthiness association (PARO) , the United countries kid's Fund (UNICEF), the foodstuff and Agriculture Organi­ zation (FAO) , the overseas Fund for Agricultural improvement (!FAD), the United international locations academic, medical and Cultural association (UNESCO), the realm nutrition application (WFP) and the area meals Council (WFC). The assembly had a multi-disciplinary personality, with the par­ ticipation of pros and scholars from the several sec­ tors relating to the sector of nutrition and meals, and aroused con­ siderable curiosity, which used to be verified through the presence of 5,026 individuals from ninety two countries,and the presentation of greater than 1,200 clinical papers.

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Most of the social and e~onomic sectors have a bearing. It does not substitute for traditional interventions, which generally operate at a more aggregate level, but rather complements them in an irreplaceable fashion and, in turn, requires their support. Taking sectorial action to solve a multicausal problem, such as the human being's well-being, has as little meaning as would have the artificial contrasting, as an alternative choice, of measures of macro-economic character and appropriate actions which share the same goal but purport to save time, cut across obstacles and Dursue such a goal from the very level of the person, the family and the community.

The second set of planners' questions which the nutritionist and nutrition advocate should recognize and answer relates not to the necessity, but to the sufficiency of nutrition programs in a society in which poverty is rampant. Unless the fundamental cause of poverty is removed, the argument runs, why bother with palliatives? A third major set of issues arises from the lack of definition; clearlydefined profiles of what nutrition projects and programs comprehend do not exist yet. They are either too laboratory-oriented or far too comprehensive.

On the other hand, efforts to maintain high food prices and thus increase farm sector incomes may have severe nutritional implications for low income urban consumers. Furthermore, such efforts would not assure that higher sector incomes were obtained by the malnourished people in that sector. Thus, simple manipulation of food prices in isolation may not be very useful to improve the nutritional status in countries where the nutritional problems are found both within and outside the agricultural sector.

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