Dietary and nutritional change in India: implications for strategies, policies, and interventions

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1395, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 49-59

  Shankar, Bhavani ^a   Agrawal, Sutapa ^b   Beaudreault, Amy R ^c   Avula, Laxmaiah ^d   Martorell, Reynaldo ^e   Osendarp, Saskia ^f   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^b,g   Mclean, Mireille Seneclauze ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Osendarp Nutrition   (Netherlands)

^g Centre for Chronic Disease Control   (India)

^h NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

diet; India; nutrition

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT FEEDING; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME; TREND STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85017351959     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13324     Document Type: Article

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