Nutrition and Poverty

By: S. R. Osmani

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Hardcover | 25 March 1993

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This volume addresses issues arising from the definition and measurement of poverty in terms of nutritional status. A high degree of nutritional deprivation is considered to be an indicator of poverty. Hence the definition of an appropriate nutritional yardstick and its measurement are of crucial significance for determining the level and magnitude of poverty. The book also debates energy related deprivation and evaluates the respective merits of making comparisons of calorie intake against an average reference standard and making comparisons of anthropometric measurements of the body with some reference standard. Gender bias in the incidence of nutritional deprivation is also considered. Contributors: Sudhir Anand, J. R. Behrman, Roderick Floud, Robert W. Fogel, C. Gopalan, Christopher Harris, Nank C. Kakwani, S. R. Osmani, P. R. Payne, and T. N. Srinavasan.

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`It is a critical appraisal of the state-of-the-art and focuses on differing views and perceptions on the related questions of assessing poverty and nutritional status.' CAB International

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Wider	p. ii
List Of Contributors	p. vi
Preface	p. vii
List Of Figures	p. xii
List Of Tables	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Undernutrition: Measurement and Implications	p. 17
Introduction	p. 17
Summary And Conclusions	p. 45
Introduction	p. 49
Assessing Undernutrition: The Need for a Reconceptualization	p. 49
Summary And Conclusions	p. 92
Introduction	p. 97
Undernutrition: Concepts, Measurements, and Policy Implications	p. 97
Summary And Conclusions	p. 120
On Some Controversies in the Measurement of Undernutrition	p. 121
Introduction	p. 121
Summary And Conclusions	p. 158
Appedix: Deducing Autocorrelation In The Calorie Intake Of A Reference- Type Person	p. 161
Introduction	p. 165
Measuring Undernutrition with Variable Calorie Requirements	p. 165
Summary And Conclusions	p. 184
Introduction	p. 187
Issues in the Measurement of Undernutrition	p. 187
Conclusions	p. 214
Appedix	p. 215
Anthropometric Measures of Nutritional Status in Industrialized Societies: Europe and North America Since 1750	p. 219
Introduction	p. 219
Conclusions	p. 240
Second Thoughts on the European Escape from Hunger: Famines, Chronic Malnutrition, and Mortality Rates	p. 243
Conclusions	p. 279
Appedix	p. 281
Intra-Household Allocation of Nutrients and Gender Effects: A Survey of Structural and Reduced-Form Estimates	p. 287
Introduction	p. 287
Conclusions	p. 317
References	p. 321
Index Of Names	p. 357
Subject Index	p. 363
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