Child Undernutrition in India

Child Undernutrition in India

Poverty, child undernutrition and morbidity: new evidence from India.

Undernutrition continues to be a primary cause of ill-health and premature mortality among children in developing countries. This paper examines how the prevalence of undernutrition in children is measured and argues that the standard indices of stunting, wasting and underweight may each be underestimating the scale of the problem. This has important implications for policy-makers, planners and...

Is Economic Growth Associated with Reduction in Child Undernutrition in India?

BACKGROUND Economic growth is widely perceived as a major policy instrument in reducing childhood undernutrition in India. We assessed the association between changes in state per capita income and the risk of undernutrition among children in India. METHODS AND FINDINGS Data for this analysis came from three cross-sectional waves of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted in 1992-9...

Inter-Group Inequalities in Child Undernutrition in India: Intersecting Caste, Gender and Place of Residence

Despite profound distributional concerns, studies on undernutrition in India (or elsewhere) have exclusively focused on inter-personal inequalities whereas estimates regarding the magnitude of intersecting inequalities are unavailable. As such, an explicit concern for horizontal intersecting inequalities not only substantiates the intrinsic concern for equity but also offers vital policy insigh...

Economic growth and child undernutrition.