Household food insecurity and nutritional status of children and women in Nepal

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-11

  Singh, Abhishek ^a   Singh, Ashish ^b   Ram, Faujdar ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Food insecurity; Nepal; Stunting; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

NEPAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; WASTING SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; HUNGER; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901601613     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651403500101     Document Type: Article

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