Food Consumption Patterns and Malnourished Indian Children: Is there a Link?

Pushkar Maitra, Anu Rammohan, Ranjan Ray and Marie-Claire Robitaille

No 19-10, Monash Economics Working Papers from Monash University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Despite its economic success, India has made little progress towards meeting its Millennium Development Goal targets of reducing undernourishment, particularly among children. Using nationally representative data, our analysis finds evidence of an improvement in the anthropometric measures of height-for-age, but a worsening in weight-for-height z-scores for children aged 0 – 3 over the period 1998 – 2006. There is also a worsening in both cereal consumption and calorie intake over this period, with some of the most noticeable declines taking place in households with children aged 0 – 3. This suggests a possible link between declining food intake and poor nutritional outcomes of children during this period.

Keywords: India; Weight-for-height; Height-for-age; calorie consumption; expenditure patterns (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 I12 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2010-05
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