Indian eating habits are garbage!!
Umesh
http://discuss.worldbank.org/chat/view/11119?PHPSESSID=c777be7d8451f082dc826d9e8e7ccf7b
"I assume you are from India, Dr. Sarvalingam, that in a country like India, even among the richest Indians, 25 percent of the children are stunted. 64 percent are anemic.
So, malnutrition is certainly concentrated among the poor, but it is not limited to the poor alone."
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So, even if food is available at a country level, it may not be available at a household level, but that's where the breakdown often happens. If it is available in the household level, the intrahousehold food distribution can be such that the child who is the most vulnerable often gets the least amount of food. The pregnant woman often eats last in the
household when she needs it most.
So, addressing these intrahousehold allocation issues, addressing these issues of behavior and prioritization within the house are almost as important, if not more so, than aggregate-level food production alone.
And in addition to that you also need to address the health-care issue and the issues of caring behavior for young children.
So, yes, food production, increase in food production is definitely part of the solution but not THE solution that will improve nutrition." ..................
Umesh Sharma
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Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005
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