Food price spikes are associated with increased malnutrition among children in Andhra Pradesh, India

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1942-1949

  Vellakkal, Sukumar ^a,c   Fledderjohann, Jasmine ^a   Basu, Sanjay ^b   Agrawal, Sutapa ^c   Ebrahim, Shah ^d   Campbell, Oona ^d   Doyle, Pat ^d   Stuckler, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child nutrition India; Food consumption; Food price spikes; Weight for height z scores

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CALORIC INTAKE; COST; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PRICE SPIKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LEGUME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RICE; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FOOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84938906301     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.211250     Document Type: Article

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