Has Dietary Transition Slowed Down in India: An Analysis Based on 50th, 61st and 66th Rounds of NSS

Raghav Gaiha, Nidhi Kaicker, Katsushi Imai, Vani S. Kulkarni and Ganesh Thapa
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Raghav Gaiha: Formerly, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India
Nidhi Kaicker: School of Business, Public Policy and Social Entrepreneurship, Ambedkar University, Delhi, India
Vani S. Kulkarni: Departmen of Sociology, Yale University, USA
Ganesh Thapa: International Fund for Agricultural Development, Rome, Italy

No DP2012-15, Discussion Paper Series from Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Abstract: Our study examines changes in diets over the period 1993-2009. Diets have shifted away from cereals towards higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, oils and livestock products. Using household data, a food diversity index (FDI) is constructed, based on five food commodities. Significant price effects that vary over time are confirmed, as also income/expenditure effects. Over and above these effects, more sedentary life styles and less strenuous activity patterns played a significant role in shaping dietary patterns. An important finding is slowing down of dietary transition among the poor-especially in rural areas-in the more recent sub-period 2004-09. Clues relate to weakening of food price, expenditure and life-style effects.

Keywords: Diets; Demand; Prices; Income; Environment; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 D12 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2012-06
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Working Paper: Has Dietary Transition Slowed Down in India: An Analysis Based on the 50th, 61st and 66th Rounds of the NSS (2012)
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