Diets, malnutrition, and disease: the Indian experience

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 s...

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Other Authors: Gaiha, Raghav (Editor), Jha, Raghbendra 1953- (Editor), Kulkarni, Vani S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2014
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Online Access:UPA01
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 280 Seiten)
ISBN:9780199084500
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198099215.001.0001

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