Shekar, MeeraGragnolati, MicheleDas Gupta, MonicaBredenkamp, CarynLee, Yi-Kyoung2012-06-062012-06-062006978-0-8213-6587-8https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7241The prevalence of child undernutrition in India is among the highest in the world; nearly double that of Sub-Saharan Africa, with dire consequences for morbidity, mortality, productivity and economic growth. Drawing on qualitative studies and quantitative evidence from large household surveys, this book explores the dimensions of child undernutrition in India and examines the effectiveness of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program, India's main early child development intervention, in addressing it. Although levels of undernutrition in India declined modestly during the 1990s, the reductions lagged behind those achieved by other countries with similar economic growth. Nutritional inequalities across different states and socioeconomic and demographic groups remain large. Although the ICDS program appears to be well-designed and well-placed to address the multi-dimensional causes of malnutrition in India, several problems exist that prevent it from reaching its potential. The book concludes with a discussion of a number of concrete actions that can be taken to bridge the gap between the policy intentions of ICDS and its actual implementation.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABORTIONADOLESCENTADOLESCENT GIRLSADULT MORBIDITYADULTHOODAGE DISTRIBUTIONANEMIAANTENATAL CAREANTHROPOMETRIC INDICESBABIESBIRTH WEIGHTSBLINDNESSBRAIN DAMAGECAREGIVERSCENTER FOR HEALTHCHILD DEATHSCHILD DEVELOPMENTCHILD FEEDINGCHILD GROWTHCHILD HEALTHCHILD MALNUTRITIONCHILD MORTALITYCHILD NUTRITIONCHILD SURVIVALCHRONIC DISEASECOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTCOGNITIVE PROCESSESCONGENITAL ABNORMALITIESCYCLE OF POVERTYDETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDIABETESDIARRHEADIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONSDISABILITYDISSEMINATIONEARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATIONEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEFFECTIVE POLICIESETHNIC GROUPSFAMILIESFAMILY HEALTHFAMILY WELFAREFATIGUEFEWER CHILDRENFOLIC ACIDFOOD INSECURITYFOOD INTAKEFOOD SECURITYFOOD SUPPLEMENTATIONFOOD SUPPLYGENDER DIFFERENTIALSGLOBAL DEVELOPMENTGOITERGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH RETARDATIONHEALTHHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH MANAGEMENTHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SYSTEMHEART DISEASEHIGH BLOOD PRESSUREHIVHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN POTENTIALHUNGERHYGIENEIDDILLNESSIMMUNE RESPONSEIMMUNE SYSTEMIMMUNIZATIONIMRINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFECTIONINFECTIONSINFORMATION SYSTEMSINTERVENTIONIODINEIODINE DEFICIENCYIODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERSIODINE DEFICIENCY DURING PREGNANCYIRONIRON DEFICIENCIESIRON DEFICIENCYIRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIAIRON STORESKERATOMALACIALARGE POPULATIONLEGAL STATUSLOW BIRTH WEIGHTLOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTSLOW LABOR PRODUCTIVITYMALARIAMALNOURISHED CHILDRENMALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDRENMARRIED WOMENMATERNAL DEATHSMATERNAL MORBIDITYMATERNAL MORTALITYMEASLESMENTAL DEVELOPMENTMENTAL RETARDATIONMICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIESMICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITIONMICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATIONMICRONUTRIENTSMIDWIFEMILD MALNUTRITIONMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMINISTRY OF HEALTHMODERATE MALNUTRITIONMORBIDITYMORTALITY RATESMORTALITY RISKMOTHERMOTHER-TO-CHILDMOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSIONNATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEYNATIONAL GOVERNMENTSNATIONAL LEVELNEONATAL MORTALITYNEURAL TUBE DEFECTSNEWBORNNEWBORN CHILDNUMBER OF CHILDRENNURSENURSE-MIDWIFENUTRITIONNUTRITION INTERVENTIONSNUTRITION POLICYNUTRITION SERVICESNUTRITIONAL NEEDSNUTRITIONAL OUTCOMESNUTRITIONAL STATUSOBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONSOLDER CHILDRENOVERWEIGHTPEMPHYSICAL ACTIVITYPHYSICAL GROWTHPOLICY RESPONSEPOOR HYGIENEPOPULATION GROUPSPREGNANCYPREGNANT WOMENPRESCHOOL CHILDRENPREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITIONPREVENTABLE DISEASEPREVENTION ACTIVITIESPRIMARY SCHOOLPRODUCTIVITYPROGRESSPROTEINPROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITIONPROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITIONPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYREPRODUCTIVE AGERESEARCH ORGANIZATIONSRISK FACTORSRISK OF DEATHRISK OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSIONRISK OF TRANSMISSIONRURAL AREASSANITATIONSCHOOLSSERVICE DELIVERYSHORTAGES OF EQUIPMENTSOCIAL RESEARCHSOCIAL SCIENCESSPONTANEOUS ABORTIONSTATE GOVERNMENTSSTATUS OF WOMENSTILLBIRTHSTUNTINGSUPPLEMENTARY FEEDINGTUBERCULOSISUNDERNUTRITIONUNDERWEIGHT CHILDRENURBAN AREASVICIOUS CYCLEVITAMINVITAMIN AVITAMIN A DEFICIENCIESVITAMIN A DEFICIENCYVITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATIONVULNERABLE AGEWASTINGWORKERSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONXEROPHTHALMIAYOUNG CHILDRENWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-6587-8