Cloth, VG+. 4 volumes, xxii+397pp, xvi+369pp, xvi+368pp, xvi+373pp, total of 268 text figs, 322 tables, index to each volume, housed in a slipcase as issued. Top of spine bumped to each volume, otherwise a fine set, text unmarked. Proceedings from an important Congress with many papers on all aspects of human nutrition, and the effects of malnutrition of the body & its development. The books are split into four connected areas - The state of human nutrition and the effects of certain factors on the metabolism & health, from Obesity to malnutrition - The effects of under nourishment on the developing child - Efforts being made to increase food supply to match a growing population and adaptation in man to changing nutrition - What can be done to change diet & nutrition in the future.

ISBN 3805513941, health, medicine, nutrition, diet, metabolism, natural history, climate