Food Consumption and Nutritional Status in India: Emerging Trends and Perspectives

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 malnutrition.

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Year of publication:	2009-09
Authors:	R, Radhakrishna
Institutions:	eSocialSciences
Subject:	food consumption \| malnutrition \| micronutrients \| anthropometric data \| income \| household \| health \| educational status \| mothers \| child \| adutls \| energy deficiency \| cereal production \| punjab \| urban areas \| nutritional status \| water \| India

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Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Institutional Papers
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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