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1 Department of Anthropology, Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya, Bongaon, North 24 Parganas 743 235, IN
2 Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar
University, Midnapore, IN
Source
Current Science, Vol 106, No 5 (2014), Pagination: 670-672
Abstract
In spite of significant economic growth during the last few decades, India is still suffering from a huge load of malnutrition. Undernutrition in India is amongst one of the highest in the world. India also has a double burden of undernutrition and overnutrition. The cut-off points of measures to define nutritional status and body composition are based on researches mostly on people of non-Indian ancestry. These seem to be inappropriate considering the inherent difference in body composition from the Westerners and also the great Indian population diversity.
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