Toward Food Policy for the Dual Burden of Malnutrition: An Exploratory Policy Space Analysis in India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 261-274

  Thow, Anne Marie ^a   Kadiyala, Suneetha ^b   Khandelwal, Shweta ^c   Menon, Purnima ^d   Downs, Shauna ^e   Reddy, K Srinath ^c  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

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

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^d INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

dual burden; noncommunicable disease; nutrition; policy; policy space; undernutrition

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SUPPLY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAKEHOLDER;

INDIA;

EID: 84981495639     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116653863     Document Type: Article

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