Abstract
This chapter is an overview of different themes related to diets, malnutrition and non-communicable diseases in India. These include why calorie intake declined across different expenditure classes during 1993–2004; whether dietary diversification was associated with a reduction in calorie intake; what the factors are associated with eating out and its likely nutritional implications; whether a calorie share of the staples threshold could replace conventional calorie norms; whether poverty nutrition traps exist; whether child malnutrition is underestimated; links between aging, growing affluence, obesity and non-communicable diseases; why PDS has failed to fulfil its potential in terms of food security and a critique of the universal food subsidy enacted recently; and a policy perspective reflecting lessons from India and elsewhere and health policy challenges.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Diets, Malnutrition, and Disease: The Indian Experience |
| Editors | Raghav Gaiha, Raghbendra Jha & Vani S Kulkarni |
| Place of Publication | New Delhi, India |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780198099215 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |