Nutritional Adequacy, Diversity and Choice Among Primary School Children Policy and Practice in India /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Seshadri, Shreelata Rao (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ramakrishna, Jyoti (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Maternal and child health services.; Demography.; Social policy.; Maternal and Child Health.; Social Policy.

This book highlights the reality of malnutrition among school-age children in India and relates it with dietary adequacy, diversity and choice. Using empirical data from field research conducted in Karnataka, India, it documents the nutritional status of school-going children, and examines the socio...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: the reality of malnutrition in India and its relation to poverty and hunger
• Research context
• How are we growing?: Primary school children in rural India and their nutritional outcomes
• What we ate then and what we eat now: Grandmother's Tale Chapter 5: Health and Nutrition in schools: Teachers' Account
• Why do we eat what we eat? Changing dietary choice
• Food and Nutrition Policy: the Government response
• The Health Eco-System: a suggested framework for food and nutrition at various levels - schools, households, community, programs and policy.