TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS I. INTRODUCTION    Objectives of the Review II. OVERVIEW OF THAILAND AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE    General Overview    Economic Overview III. DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH TRANSITION    Demographic Transition       Fertility Decline       Mortality Decline    Epidemiological Transition IV. FOURTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEALTH POLICY DEVELOPMENT    Health Sector: A Brief History Overview    National Health Policy Development and Objectives       The First, Second and Third Five-Year National Health Development Plans...       The Fourth Five-Year National Health Development Plan (1977-1981)       The Fifth Five-Year National Health Development Plan (1982-1986)       The Sixth Five-Year National Health Development Plan (1987-1991)    Health Services Infra-structures    Ministry of Public Health V. FOOD AVAILABILITY SITUATION AND TRENDS    Food Production Potential       Land Resources       Water Resources       Fishery Resource       Food Production       Rice       Other Food Crops       Fish       Livestock and Dairy Products       Poultry and Broiler Industry VI. FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS    Food Expenditure Patterns    Dietary Patterns    Food Habits VII. NUTRITION SITUATION AND TRENDS    Low Birth Weight (LBW)    Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM)    Iron Deficiency Anaemia    Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD)    Vitamin A Deficiency    Other Micro-Nutrient Deficiencies    Urinary Bladder Stone Disease    Nutrition Related Health Problems VIII. NUTRITION POLICIES, INTERVENTIONS AND NUTRITION-RELATED HEALTH DEVELOPMENT...    History Perspectives       Early Period (before 1960)       Gathering Momentum: Pre-National Food and Nutrition Plans Period (1961-1976)    The National Food and Nutrition Policies and Programmes       The First NFNP during the Fourth NESDP: Multi-sectoral Approach       The Second NFNP in the Fifth NESDP: Nutrition Programmes through Primary...       The Third NFNP in the Sixth NESDP: Nutrition Programmes as an Integral...    Nutrition-Related Policy and Health Development       Poverty Alleviation Plan (PAP),       Primary Health Care Development       Basic Minimum Needs and Quality of Life Movement       Growth Monitoring, and Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (FNSS)    Growth Monitoring for the Under Fives       Growth Monitoring in Primary School    Food and nutrition surveillance system (FNSS)    Other Important Nutrition Interventions       Supplementary Food Programmes       School Lunch Programme       Bangkok metropolitan       National Primary Education Authority       Area Based Programmes: The Nutrition Projects in Narathivas, Yala and Pattani IX. SUMMARY OF PERTINENT FINDINGS, LESSONS FOR NUTRITION POLICY AND FUTURE...    Summary of Pertinent Findings    Lessons for Nutrition Policy and Development    Future Prospects ANNEXES    ANNEX 1: FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMMES IN THE FOURTH NESDP (1977-1981)    ANNEX 2: FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMMES IN THE FIFTH NESDP (1982-1986)    ANNEX 3: FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMMES IN THE SIXTH NESDP (1987-1991)    ANNEX 4: BASIC MINIMUM NEEDS BACK COVER