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Women Nutrition in Developing Countries A mixed Method Approach
Dr. Shikha Saxena
9788196848088
2024
453 pages
6*9
Hardcover
Rs. 4995

The book has given an overview of the historical perspective of food security. The conceptual framework of food and nutrition security is looked from the gender prospects. It entails the clear understanding of the relationships between food security, nutrition and hunger. It is imperative to know how these definitions evolved over a period with the introduction of the new terminologies. The definition of food security changes as it is not just limited to food but nutrition sufficiency as well. Various dimensions of food security and basic concepts related to slums, household and nutritional status are also looked at. With the relevance of the study to the urban poor context, the challenges to achieve food sufficiency is also highlighted. Other information includes women and their excess to food with a brief discussion on the paradox of food insufficiency and obesity among women. This chapter further talks about the adapted conceptual framework and the significance of the study to set a background for the research questions and objectives. The second chapter is digging into the extensive secondary review of the nutritional status of women across various states in India with the help of National Family Health Surveys. It also includes the data of calorie consumption, food composition and average intake by NSS (National Sample Survey). It further scrutinizes the South Asian Enigma, which questions the status of women and economic growth to combat malnutrition. The other part of this chapter encompasses the existing literature which identifies the determinants or the socio-cultural factors affecting.