Maternal Malnutrition, Breastfeeding, and Child Inflammation in India (P11-025-19)

Child Malnutrition in India and China

In the early 1990s, India and China were home to more than half the preschool children in the developing world who were malnourished, as measured by being stunted or underweight. Since then, child malnutrition has declined in both countries but from different levels and at different paces. Notable differences also exist in the concentration of child malnutrition along the state/province, rural/...

The Role of Maternal Literacy in Reducing the Risk of Child Malnutrition in India

This study uses unit-record data on over 50,000 rural children, from the sixteen major states of India, to analyse the determinants of the risks of severe stunting and of being severely underweight. The importance of this study derives from the fact that the prevalence of undernourishment in India is, even relative to other poor countries, shockingly high. The study focuses on the role of mater...

Determinants of Child Malnutrition and Feeding Practices in India

Child Malnutrition in India and China: A Comparison

In the early 1990s, India and China were home to more than half the preschool children in the developing world who were malnourished, as measured by stunting or underweight.1 Since then, child malnutrition has declined in both countries but from different levels and at different paces. There are also notable differences in the concentration of child malnutrition along the state–province, rural–...

Focusing on malnutrition management to improve child survival in India.