ABSTRACT
In the political atmosphere of the 1970s, great social unrest followed the oil and food crisis while developing countries took on more debt in the name of development. By 1974, a seminal World Food Conference ushered in a new era of ideological expansion, opening the way for new programmes and initiatives. Meanwhile, the obsession with protein waned and the hitherto powerful Protein Advisory Group was all but disbanded. The wider acceptance of tackling nutritional issues which had become increasingly wrapped up in policies of economic and development in the last decade now took on dimensions of primary health care. To further aid efforts, the need was also acknowledged for a system of nutritional surveillance overseeing food and health.
