Nutrition and poverty
By: edited by S.R. Osmani.
Contributors: Osmani, Siddiqur Rahman.; World Institute for Development Economics Research.
Series: Studies in development economics
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Oxford; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Malnutrition -- Social aspects.; Nutrition -- Evaluation.; Nutrition surveys.; Poor -- Nutrition.
Description: This volume deals with an ongoing debate relating to the definition and measurement of nutritional status. It focuses on the problems of measuring undernutrition and its links with poverty, both as a cause and an effect.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-355) and indexes.
"A study prepared for the World Insitute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) of the United Nations University."