Using fixed calorie norms to measure undernutrition is suspect due to familiar reasons. Recent studies have proposed an … approach that relies on a calorie share of staples threshold. Our analysis with Indian household data shows that such a measure … is of limited interest and potentially misleading because it confines variation in calorie share to a measure of wealth …

requirements due to health improvements and lower activity levels in India, we develop an alternative explanation embedded in a …

requirements due to health improvements and lower activity levels in India, we develop an alternative explanation embedded in a …

inequality. Though it appears that India has made great strides in ensuring economic growth expressed through its Gross Domestic …. In India, unacceptably large number of people remain poor even when the poverty line is akin to a starvation line, i ….e., millions are deprived of the basic necessities required for subsistence, much less fulfilled living. India was one of the first …

.528-1.972), wealth quintile (OR = 2.174, CI 95% 1.234-3.376) and sanitation facility (OR = 0.789, CI 95% 0.627-1.987). Wasting status was …

ignorance: 46% of subjects choose to ignore calorie information, and these subjects subsequently consume more calories on … provision: on average, subjects who have the option to ignore calorie information consume about the same number of calories as …

-communicable diseases, including diabetes, heart diseases and certain cancers. Given the still prevailing rates of under-nutrition, affected …

contributes to overnutrition among adults, while reducing undernutrition among children. For farm households, supplying …