Nutritional Adequacy, Diversity and Choice Among Primary School Children

Policy and Practice in India

Shreelata Rao Seshadri, Jyoti Ramakrishna (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

170 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-10-3469-5 (ISBN)

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This book highlights the reality of malnutrition among school-age children in India and relates it with dietary adequacy, diversity and choice. Using empirical data from field research conducted in Karnataka, India, it documents the nutritional status of school-going children, and examines the socio-economic determinants. It provides insights into changing dietary patterns by analysing case studies from households and schools; and documents the impact of changing dietary choices on the daily nutritional intake of young children. As the issue of nutrition for school-age children is one that is largely neglected in the literature, the book fills an important gap.

The book also investigates the policy framework for addressing the nutritional needs of school-going children, and assesses the available government-sponsored interventions in terms of their efficiency and effectiveness, measured by their impact on the nutritional indices of the target group. It offers concrete recommendations for changing the nutritional intake of school-going children. Navigating through the socio-cultural causes for changing food choice and their impact on children’s nutritional outcomes, this book shows a viable path to addressing malnutrition, taking into account both macro-level policy constraints and the micro-level perspectives of families, schools and communities.

Shreelata Rao Seshadri, Ph.D., is a Professor and Head of the Health, Development and Society Group at Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India. Jyoti P. Ramakrishna, MD, MPH, is the Division Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Interim Vice Chair Ambulatory Affairs, Department of Pediatrics, at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Boston, USA.

Introduction: the reality of malnutrition in India and its relation to poverty and hunger.- Research context.- How are we growing?: Primary school children in rural India and their nutritional outcomes.- What we ate then and what we eat now: Grandmother’s Tale Chapter 5: Health and Nutrition in schools: Teachers’ Account.- Why do we eat what we eat? Changing dietary choice.- Food and Nutrition Policy: the Government response.- The Health Eco-System: a suggested framework for food and nutrition at various levels – schools, households, community, programs and policy.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.11.2017
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs in Child Health
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs in Public Health
Zusatzinfo	11 Illustrations, color; XXI, 170 p. 11 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft
Schlagworte	adolescent nutrition • changing dietary choice • food and nutrition policy in India • global trends in health and nutrition • Integrated Child Development Services • Mid-Day Meal Scheme • nutritional outcomes for school-going children • public distribution system in India • Undernutrition in India
ISBN-10	981-10-3469-9 / 9811034699
ISBN-13	978-981-10-3469-5 / 9789811034695
Zustand	Neuware