@article{824178,
      recid = {824178},
      author = {Seshadri, Shreelata Rao, and Ramakrishna, Jyoti,},
      title = {Nutritional adequacy, diversity and choice among primary  school children : policy and practice in India /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {This book highlights the reality of malnutrition among  school-age children in India and relates it with dietary  adequacy, diversity and choice. Using empirical data from  field research conducted in Karnataka, India, it documents  the nutritional status of school-going children, and  examines the socio-economic determinants. It provides  insights into changing dietary patterns by analysing case  studies from households and schools; and documents the  impact of changing dietary choices on the daily nutritional  intake of young children. As the issue of nutrition for  school-age children is one that is largely neglected in the  literature, the book fills an important gap. The book also  investigates the policy framework for addressing the  nutritional needs of school-going children, and assesses  the available government-sponsored interventions in terms  of their efficiency and effectiveness, measured by their  impact on the nutritional indices of the target group. It  offers concrete reco mmendations for changing the  nutritional intake of school-going children. Navigating  through the socio-cultural causes for changing food choice  and their impact on children's nutritional outcomes, this  book shows a viable path to addressing malnutrition, taking  into account both macro-level policy constraints and the  micro-level perspectives of families, schools and  communities.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/824178},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3470-1},
}