Food insecurity and nutritional status of preconception women in a rural population of North Karnataka, India

Food insecurity and nutritional status of preconception women in a rural population of North Karnataka, India

Abstract Background As per the World Health Organization, the nutritional status of women of reproductive age is important, as effects of undernutrition are propagated to future generations. More than one-third of Indian women in the reproductive age group are in a state of chronic nutritional defic...

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Main Authors: Shivanand C. Mastiholi, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Sunil S. Vernekar, S. Yogesh Kumar, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Veena R. Herekar, Rebecca L. Lander, Michael K. Hambidge, Nancy F. Krebs, Shivaprasad S. Goudar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Reproductive Health
Subjects:
Preconception women
Nutritional status
Socio-economic status and food insecurity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12978-018-0535-2

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