Persisting undernutrition in India [electronic resource] : causes, consequences and possible solutions / Nira Ramachandran.

9788132218326 electronic book
8132218329 electronic book
9788132218319

New Delhi : Springer, 2014.

English

1 online resource (xxv, 241 pages) : illustrations

10.1007/978-81-322-1832-6 doi

RA645.N87

614.5/939

The book revisits the causes of persisting undernutrition in India, but moves away from the usual focus on women and children to a broader view of the entire population. It estimates the economic losses resulting from ignoring undernutrition in the adult working population, and questions the current narrow focus of nutrition interventions, suggesting that a family-based approach may provide quicker results and long-term sustainability. It compares the best and worst performing states in the country to glean learnings from both successes and failures and emphasizes the need to hand over the ownership of nutrition outcomes from the state to the community and family for more sustainable results. The book is organized in three sections: Part 1 details the nutrition status of the population, regional variations in nutrition outcomes, and government response in terms of interventions. Part 2 reviews issues and concerns like gender discrimination, poor child nutrition status, ineffective implementation of government programmes in the field, and the possible impacts of emerging issues like climate change. Part 3 seeks solutions from both international and country experiences.

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