Are Good Times Good for Women? Alarming Increase in Women's Malnutrition in India

Nutrition is both an essential element of, and a critical input to, human well-being. Lack of adequate nutritional attainment signifies human deprivation and, hence, lack of human development. The nutrition of women gains added importance in India in more ways than one. With about one-third of women...

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Published inIndian journal of gender studies Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 127 - 140
Main Author Jose, Sunny
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published B-42, Panchsheel Enclave, New Delhi SAGE Publications 01.01.2008
Sage Publications, New Delhi India
Subjects
Deprivation
Females
Gender
India
Malnutrition
Poverty
Sex Differences
Socioeconomic development
Well-being
Women
Women's status
India
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Summary:Nutrition is both an essential element of, and a critical input to, human well-being. Lack of adequate nutritional attainment signifies human deprivation and, hence, lack of human development. The nutrition of women gains added importance in India in more ways than one. With about one-third of women (in the age group of 15-49 years) being undernourished and more than 56 per cent being anaemic in terms of iron deficiency, women's malnutrition is quite high and widespread. Apart from the un-freedom associated with such malnourished life, the cost of women's malnutrition is prohibitively punitive and cumulative. Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications India
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ISSN:0971-5215
0973-0672
DOI:10.1177/097152150701500107