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Food Consumption and Calorie Intake in Contemporary India
Chatterjee, Srikanta; Rae, Allan; Ray, Ranjan - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper examines how the patterns of India’s food consumption have been changing in recent times as a consequence … nutritional implications of these changes to reinforce some of the findings on the observed changes in the food consumption … explanation for these changes in India’s food consumption. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696007
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Food Consumption and Nutritional Status in India: Emerging Trends and Perspectives
R, Radhakrishna - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper reviews the trends over three decades in the consumption of cereals, calories and micronutrients and nutritional status based on anthropometric measures using the data sets of NSS, NNMB and NFHS. It provides an explanation for the slow growth of nutrient intake and slow reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077863
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Customized Development Interventions for the Ultra Poor: Preliminary Change Assessments of Health and Health-seeking Behaviour (CFPR/TUP 2002 to 2004)
Ahmed, Syed Masud; Rana, AKM Masud - eSocialSciences - 2010
households for studying the effects of intervention over time. Findings revealed substantial improvement in self-rated food …-expenditure and food consumption. Improvement was observed in children’s nutritional status, and use of contraceptives. Morbidity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504573
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National Nutrition Policy
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2011
The need for a National Nutrition Policy is implicit in both the paramountcy of nutrition in development as well as in … tbe complexity of the problem. This general problem of under-nutrition should be see as a part of a larger set of … processes that produces and consumes agricultural commodities on farms, transforms them into food in the marketing sector and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321447
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The Caloric Costs of Culture: Evidence from Indian Migrants
Atkin, David - eSocialSciences - 2013
calories per Rupee of food expenditure compared to their non-migrant neighbors, even for households with very low caloric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945564
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Health Education
Dube, Nandini - eSocialSciences - 2012
There is an uneven geographical distribution of health workers. The shortage of health workers is compounded by the fact that their skills, competencies, clinical experience, and expectations are often poorly suited to the health needs of the populations they serve. All such problems are taken...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493945
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World Programme of Action for Youth
UN, United Nations - eSocialSciences - 2010
This is a ready reference for organizations, youth policy practitioners and young people to the World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY), its 15 priority areas and their corresponding proposals for action. It also includes the means for implementation at the national, regional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008740427
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Economics of Nutrition
Panikar, P.G.K. - eSocialSciences - 2010
The main attention on the food front in lndia ts five year plans has been focused on the question of under nutrition … rather than malnutrition. This pre occupation with the quantitative instead of the qualitative aspect of food problem is not …. However the main attention on the food front in lndiats five year plans has been focussed on the question of undernutrition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506486
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Change in Food and Nutrient Consumption Among the Ultra Poor: Is the CFPR/TUP Programme Making a Difference?
Haseen, Farhana - eSocialSciences - 2006
This study aims to investigate the impact of CFPR/TUP programme on the food and nutrient consumption. The report is … presented in two parts- the first part is based on the comparison of food and energy intake data between 2002 and 2004 to assess … the changes in food consumption among the ultra poor households over the period. The second part describes the differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487834
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Measures, Spatial Profile and Determinants of Dietary Diversity: Evidence from India
Das, Mousumi - eSocialSciences - 2014
Food security policies in developing countries generally focus on calorie intake, which is not sufficient to tackle the … triple burden of malnutrition: undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition. Consumption of a diverse diet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969041