India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action

India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action

This paper explores the dimensions of child undernutrition in India, and examines the effectiveness of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program in addressing it. The paper finds that although levels of undernutrition in India declin...

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Main Authors: Gragnolati, Michele, Shekar, Meera, Das Gupta, Monica, Bredenkamp, Caryn, Lee, Yi-Kyoung
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
AGE GROUPS
ANEMIA
ANTENATAL CARE
ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICES
CHILD CARE
CHILD DEATHS
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD FEEDING
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MALNUTRITION
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION
DIABETES
DIARRHEA
DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
DISEASES
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION
EDUCATION SERVICES
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
FAMILY HEALTH
FOLIC ACID
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION
FOOD SUPPLY
GIRLS
GROWTH PROMOTION
HEALTH
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEALTH MANAGEMENT
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUNGER
IDD
IMMUNIZATION
IMR
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFECTION
INTERVENTION
IODINE
IODINE DEFICIENCY
IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS
IRON
IRON DEFICIENCY
LEADERSHIP
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MEASLES
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION
MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION
MICRONUTRIENTS
MILD MALNUTRITION
MODERATE MALNUTRITION
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
NUTRITION
NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
NUTRITION OUTCOMES
NUTRITION POLICY
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITION SERVICES
NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OVERNUTRITION
PARITY
PEM
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROTEIN
PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC HEALTH
RURAL AREAS
SANITATION
SCHOOLING
SOCIAL RESEARCH
STUNTING
SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING
UNDERNUTRITION
UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN
VITAMIN A
VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
WASTING
WEIGHT GAIN
WORKERS
YOUNG CHILD
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6476657/indias-undernourished-children-call-reform-action
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13644

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6476657/indias-undernourished-children-call-reform-action
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13644

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