Unequal status tells on women’s nutrition

New Delhi: 9th August 2013

There is new evidence that the unequal social status of women could play a significant — and as yet ignored — role in explaining India’s “inexplicably” high under-nutrition levels. For its per capita income, India has stubbornly higher than expected levels of stunting and under-weight among children and adults — the so-called “Asian enigma” which, with countries like Bangladesh making strong progress on development indicators, has increasingly become the “Indian enigma.” 

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