India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action

The prevalence of child undernutrition in India is among the highest in the world; nearly double that of Sub-Saharan Africa, with dire consequences for morbidity, mortality, productivity and economic growth. Drawing on qualitative studies and quant...

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Main Authors:	Gragnolati, Michele, Bredenkamp, Caryn, Shekar, Meera, Das Gupta, Monica, Lee, Yi-Kyoung
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABORTION ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADULT MORBIDITY ADULTHOOD AGE DISTRIBUTION ANEMIA ANTENATAL CARE ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICES BABIES BIRTH WEIGHTS BLINDNESS BRAIN DAMAGE CAREGIVERS CENTER FOR HEALTH CHILD DEATHS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD FEEDING CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHRONIC DISEASE COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE PROCESSES CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES CYCLE OF POVERTY DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIABETES DIARRHEA DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS DISABILITY DISSEMINATION EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTIVE POLICIES ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY WELFARE FATIGUE FEWER CHILDREN FOLIC ACID FOOD INSECURITY FOOD INTAKE FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION FOOD SUPPLY GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOITER GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RETARDATION HEALTH HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SYSTEM HEART DISEASE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HIV HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN POTENTIAL HUNGER HYGIENE IDD ILLNESS IMMUNE RESPONSE IMMUNE SYSTEM IMMUNIZATION IMR INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTION INFECTIONS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERVENTION IODINE IODINE DEFICIENCY IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS IODINE DEFICIENCY DURING PREGNANCY IRON IRON DEFICIENCIES IRON DEFICIENCY IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IRON STORES KERATOMALACIA LARGE POPULATION LEGAL STATUS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS LOW LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MALARIA MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL MORBIDITY MATERNAL MORTALITY MEASLES MENTAL DEVELOPMENT MENTAL RETARDATION MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MICRONUTRIENTS MIDWIFE MILD MALNUTRITION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH MODERATE MALNUTRITION MORBIDITY MORTALITY RATES MORTALITY RISK MOTHER MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVEL NEONATAL MORTALITY NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS NEWBORN NEWBORN CHILD NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSE NURSE-MIDWIFE NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION POLICY NUTRITION SERVICES NUTRITIONAL NEEDS NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS OLDER CHILDREN OVERWEIGHT PEM PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICAL GROWTH POLICY RESPONSE POOR HYGIENE POPULATION GROUPS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PREVENTABLE DISEASE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROTEIN PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RISK FACTORS RISK OF DEATH RISK OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION RISK OF TRANSMISSION RURAL AREAS SANITATION SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SHORTAGES OF EQUIPMENT SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SCIENCES SPONTANEOUS ABORTION STATE GOVERNMENTS STATUS OF WOMEN STILLBIRTH STUNTING SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING TUBERCULOSIS UNDERNUTRITION UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN URBAN AREAS VICIOUS CYCLE VITAMIN VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCIES VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION VULNERABLE AGE WASTING WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION XEROPHTHALMIA YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/7708493/indias-undernourished-children-call-reform-action http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7241

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Summary:	The prevalence of child undernutrition in India is among the highest in the world; nearly double that of Sub-Saharan Africa, with dire consequences for morbidity, mortality, productivity and economic growth. Drawing on qualitative studies and quantitative evidence from large household surveys, this book explores the dimensions of child undernutrition in India and examines the effectiveness of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program, India's main early child development intervention, in addressing it. Although levels of undernutrition in India declined modestly during the 1990s, the reductions lagged behind those achieved by other countries with similar economic growth. Nutritional inequalities across different states and socioeconomic and demographic groups remain large. Although the ICDS program appears to be well-designed and well-placed to address the multi-dimensional causes of malnutrition in India, several problems exist that prevent it from reaching its potential. The book concludes with a discussion of a number of concrete actions that can be taken to bridge the gap between the policy intentions of ICDS and its actual implementation.

India's Undernourished Children : A Call for Reform and Action

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