The current concern n for and policy response to malnutrition in India is solely restricted to
undernutrition diagnosed on the basis of body size (anthropometry). However, recent …

I ndia is home to one-third of the world's undernourished children, with rates of child
undernutrition remaining stubbornly high for decades. Undernutrition is widespread among …

India should comprehensively address its challenge of undernutrition. This includes,
pursuing agricultural policies to strengthen agriculture-nutrition linkages. This note suggests …

Rapid urban expansion has important health implications. This study examines trends and
inequalities in undernutrition and overnutrition by gender, residence (rural, urban slum …

Over the last three decades, policy interventions have resulted in a decrease in
undernourishment by at least ten percentage points. However, undernutrition and …

The recent COVID-19 pandemic brings to the fore a high fatality rate amongst those with
comorbidities of diabetes and hypertension that is often associated with obesity, while it also …

With undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies afflicting the country, India
experiences a triple burden of malnutrition. Recent decades have seen modest progress …

This paper brings together recent evidence on what has come to be referred to as the triple
burden of malnutrition—consisting of overnutrition, undernutriton, and micronutrient …

India is often thought of as a development paradox with relatively high economic growth
rates in the past few years, but with lower progress in areas of life expectancy, education …

Background Despite the high and relatively stable overall growth of the economy, India's
agriculture sector is underperforming and a vast section of the population remains …