Nutrition in Nepal

Malnutrition results from different combinations of immediate, underlying, and basic determinants. Inadequate dietary intake and disease are the immediate determinants of undernutrition. Underlying the immediate causes of undernutrition are three areas: (1) food security, (2) health services and health environment, and (3) care for women and children. Education is also critical. At the base of the framework are a host of interrelated causes including resources, economic structure, political and ideological structure, and formal and informal institutions.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:ACCESS TO ASSETS, ACCESS TO FOOD, ACUTE MALNUTRITION, ANEMIA, ANTENATAL CARE, BABIES, BEHAVIOR CHANGE, BREASTFEEDING, CALORIC INTAKE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CARE DURING PREGNANCY, CARE SEEKING, CHILD DEATHS, CHILD FEEDING, CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES, CHILD MALNUTRITION, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILD-BEARING, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY NUTRITION, COMPLEMENTARY FOODS, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, DIABETES, DIARRHEA, DIETARY DIVERSITY, DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, DISEASES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION · POVERTY, FOLIC ACID, FOOD PREPARATION, FOOD PRICE, FOOD PRICES, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION, FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HIV, HIV/AIDS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION, HUNGER, HYGIENE, HYGIENE PRACTICES, ILLNESS, IMMUNIZATION, INCOME ON FOOD, INFANT, INFECTION, INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS, INTERVENTION, IODINE, IODINE DEFICIENCY, IRON, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, MALARIA, MALNUTRITION RATES, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL NUTRITION, MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION, MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION, MICRONUTRIENTS, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINERAL, MORTALITY, NATIONAL CAPACITY, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, NUTRITION, NUTRITION AWARENESS, NUTRITION INDICATORS, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, PHYSICAL GROWTH, PHYSICAL WORK, PLAN OF ACTION, POLICY FORMULATION, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY REDUCTION, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PREMATURE DEATH, PRODUCTIVITY, REPRODUCTIVE AGE, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, RISK FACTORS, RISK OF DEATH, RURAL AREAS, SAFEGUARDS, SALT IODIZATION, SANITATION, SCHOOLING, SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER, STUNTING, TUBERCULOSIS, UNDER FIVE MORTALITY, UNDERNUTRITION, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, VITAMIN, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VULNERABLE WOMEN, WASTING, WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY, WOMEN OF CHILD-BEARING AGE, YOUNG CHILD, YOUNG CHILD NUTRITION,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/635951468124159285/Nutrition-in-Nepal-a-national-development-priority
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26866
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