The challenge of child undernutrition in Uttar Pradesh: Findings from a situation assessment

Purnima Menon, Neha Kohli, Mamata Pradhan, Niru Pradhan, Shruthi Cyriac and Meera Priyadarshi

No 3, POSHAN reports from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This paper analyzes the current nutrition situation in Uttar Pradesh and examines nutrition-related services, programs, and policies with the goal of informing strategic directions for nutrition-related policy in Uttar Pradesh. This paper uses an assessment framework that explicitly considers the biological, programmatic, and sociopolitical aspects of nutrition in Uttar Pradesh.

Keywords: nutrition security; nutrition policies; stunting; malnutrition; nutrition; children; food security; India; Southern Asia; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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