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  Sindh Province report: nutrition political economy Pakistan

  Maximising the Quality of Scaling Up Nutrition, 2014

  In the Sindh Province of Pakistan, under-nutrition remains a recognised health problem and plays a substantial role in the region’s elevated maternal and child morbidity and mortality rates. Forty per cent of children are underweight and 73% of children and 62% of pregnant women are anaemic.
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  Food wasted, food lost: food security by restoring ecosystems and reducing food loss

  GRID Arendal, 2014

  Food security is critical for health, labour productivity, economic growth and sustainable development.
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  The diffusion of health knowledge through social networks: an impact evaluation of health knowledge asymmetries on child health

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014

  This research is embedded in a larger cluster-randomised control trial that aimed to evaluate the impact of Helen Keller International’s Enhanced Homestead Food Production (EHFP) model on the nutritional status of women and young children.
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  Potential impacts of iron biofortification in India

  Social Science and Medicine, 2008

  Iron deficiency is a widespread nutrition and health problem in developing countries, causing impairments in physical activity and cognitive development, as well as maternal mortality. Although food fortification and supplementation programmes have been effective in some countries, their overall success remains limited.
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  Mainstreaming interventions in the health sector to address maternal and child undernutrition

  2008

  Malnutrition is a contradiction of sorts – a multisectoral problem that needs to be addressed sector by sector. The health, education, water and sanitation, agriculture, trade and several other sectors have a role
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  Measures, spatial profile and determinants of dietary diversity: evidence from India

  Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014

  Food security policies in developing countries generally focus on calorie intake, which is not sufficient to tackle the triple burden of malnutrition: undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition. Consumption of a diverse diet is important to lessen the burden and is constrained by different factors.
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  Prevalence and correlates of childhood obesity in suburban area of Odisha: a cross sectional study

  Public Health Foundation of India, 2014

  Developed countries are under the clutch of obesity, which is slowly inching towards developing countries. Thirty five million children in developing countries were estimated to be either overweight or obese and more than ninety million are at risk of it. In rapidly growing developing countries like China, Brazil and India obesity and overweight is increasing among urban adolescents.
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  Type of vegetarian diet, obesity and diabetes in adult Indian population

  Public Health Foundation of India, 2014

  India is experiencing an alarming increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes. The resulting morbidity, economic costs, reduced quality of life, and risk for complications make preventive strategies imperative. The contribution of the Indian diet to the increasing prevalence of diabetes in the country is not well under- stood.
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  Nutritional profile of Indian vegetarian diets – the Indian Migration Study (IMS)

  Public Health Foundation of India, 2014

  In response to the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a reduced intake of fat, sugar and salt, and a higher intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and nuts, while maintaining energy balance and healthy weight.
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  Iron status of pregnant Indian women from an area of active iron supplementation

  Public Health Foundation of India, 2013

  According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 41.8% of pregnant women worldwide have anemia and about half of these women have iron-deficiency anemia (IDA). IDA continues to be a major public health challenge globally and is one of the most common nutritional disorders in pregnant women as iron requirements increase to meet the higher maternal–foetal demands.

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