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This book deals with issues related to undernutrition and anemia in India. It establishes its interconnectedness with poverty, tribal living conditions, contraception usage, dietary diversity, and socioeconomic inequality. It addresses SDG 2, namely "end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture." It puts forth the linkages between mother's economic empowerment and children's nutritional status, anemia of women with particular reference to tribal women, and the issues associated with anemia in India. It also delves into the relationship between contraceptive usage and anemia level. It explores the proximate and intermediate determinants of malnutrition disaggregated at the state level in India. It elaborates the importance of ensuring food security and suggests policy measures to improve maternal and child health. The book is an asset for all researchers and academicians working in sociology, economics, policy, social work, population study, demography, biostatistics, health, public health, development, and nutrition.
