The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Nutritional Profile of Rural Adults from Vellore District of Tamil Nadu


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1 St.Olaf, United States
2 Department of RUHSA, CMC, Vellore - 632 209, India
     

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To prevent adults from becoming physically and psychologically under developed, several programes have been implemented in India to address the issue of malnutrition. However, malnutrition and its effects hove not significantly subsided. Researchers find that poor and undernourished communities, especially those of rural India, are trapped in a vicious cycle, where malnutrition is passed from generation to generation due to a number of inequities.
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Authors

Brett Glawe
St.Olaf, United States
S. Jayalakshmi
Department of RUHSA, CMC, Vellore - 632 209, India
J. S. Asokan
Department of RUHSA, CMC, Vellore - 632 209, India
T. Thasian
Department of RUHSA, CMC, Vellore - 632 209, India
K. R. John
Department of RUHSA, CMC, Vellore - 632 209, India

Abstract


To prevent adults from becoming physically and psychologically under developed, several programes have been implemented in India to address the issue of malnutrition. However, malnutrition and its effects hove not significantly subsided. Researchers find that poor and undernourished communities, especially those of rural India, are trapped in a vicious cycle, where malnutrition is passed from generation to generation due to a number of inequities.