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The study provides a comprehensive, in-depth view into collective and individual perspectives on dietary diversity, practices and perceptions related to nutritional value, needs, and supplementation a...
Health care-seeking behaviour is defined as, “The actions that people undertake when they perceive themselves to have some health problems or have some illness.” The behaviour guides people to find an...
Background and objectives:
A notable approach to addressing maternal undernutrition during pregnancy in India in recent years has been the integration of hot-cooked meals (HCM) for pregnant and lact...
Background: Burden of malnutrition among children is very high in India. Under-nutrition is an interplay of different factors. The present study tried to understand the correlation between child under...
Digital hemoglobinometers have been used as point-of-care tests (POCT) to estimate the burden of anemia in community-based studies and national-level surveys in India. As the accuracy of hemoglobin es...
Malnutrition continues to be a critical issue in India affecting children, adolescents and adults. Parliamentarians have a pivotal role to play in the context of addressing malnutrition, they can shap...
Objective: We carried out a secondary analysis of data of Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey 2016-18 to analyze the prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) among Indian children a...