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Title
Nutritional adequacy, diversity and choice among primary school children : policy and practice in India / Shreelata Rao Seshadri, Jyoti Ramakrishna.
ISBN
9789811034701 (electronic book)
9811034702 (electronic book)
9789811034695
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2018]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-10-3470-1 doi
Call Number
LB3479.I43
Dewey Decimal Classification
372.17160954
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 30, 2017).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9789811034695
Introduction: the reality of malnutrition in India and its relation to poverty and hunger
Research context
How are we growing?: Primary school children in rural India and their nutritional outcomes
What we ate then and what we eat now: Grandmother's Tale Chapter 5: Health and Nutrition in schools: Teachers' Account
Why do we eat what we eat? Changing dietary choice
Food and Nutrition Policy: the Government response
The Health Eco-System: a suggested framework for food and nutrition at various levels
schools, households, community, programs and policy.
