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Women play a central role in the nutritional status of children. This review highlights the urgen... more Women play a central role in the nutritional status of children. This review highlights the urgent need to address the public health problem of undernutrition in women. The dimension of malnutrition problem in women in India is presented with reference to its implications on birth outcome and undernutrition in children. The causative factor of undernutrition in women is not limited to access to adequate and diversified food but is influenced by early marriage and conception, education, empowerment and decision making power, domestic violence. These factors directly or indirectly impact on the nutrition situation of women. A number of policies in India address these issues but implementation remains weak. The crucial role of women's nutrition on their right to healthy living as well as for reducing undernutrition in children needs to be recognised and accorded a high programme priority.
Women play a central role in the nutritional status of children. This review highlights the urgen... more Women play a central role in the nutritional status of children. This review highlights the urgent need to address the public health problem of undernutrition in women. The dimension of malnutrition problem in women in India is presented with reference to its implications on birth outcome and undernutrition in children. The causative factor of undernutrition in women is not limited to access to adequate and diversified food but is influenced by early marriage and conception, education, empowerment and decision making power, domestic violence. These factors directly or indirectly impact on the nutrition situation of women. A number of policies in India address these issues but implementation remains weak. The crucial role of women's nutrition on their right to healthy living as well as for reducing undernutrition in children needs to be recognised and accorded a high programme priority.