Diets, malnutrition, and disease : the Indian experience
Gaiha
Kulkarni, VaniContributor
Jha, RaghbendraContributor
Jha, RaghbendraEditor
Kulkarni, VaniEditor
Gaiha, RaghavContributor
Gaiha, RaghavEditor
A comprehensive analysis of malnutrition in India, the meticulous exploration of dietary transition, poverty nutrition traps, links between multiple anthropometric failures among children and their vulnerability to infectious diseases. It looks at the abysmal performance of the public distribution system and presents a critique of its conversion into a universal food subsidy.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A comprehensive analysis of malnutrition in India, the meticulous exploration of dietary transition, poverty nutrition traps, links between multiple anthropometric failures among children and their vulnerability to infectious diseases. It looks at the abysmal performance of the public distribution system and presents a critique of its conversion into a universal food subsidy.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 28, 2014).
Malnutrition
Nutrition
Nutritionally induced diseases
Nutrition policy
Public Health
Health & Biological Sciences
Public Health - General