Nutrition and PovertySiddiqur Rahman Osmani This work addresses issues arising from the definition and measurement of poverty in terms of nutritional status. A range of issues are covered, focusing on the differing views and perceptions of the related questions of assessing poverty and nutritional status. Possible definitions of a reference standard are discussed as well as energy deprivation, anthropometric measurement, and gender bias. |
Contents
Measurement and Implications | 17 |
The Need for | 49 |
Concepts Measurements and Policy | 68 |
45 | 74 |
97 | 80 |
Norwegian Adult Population and the Relationship between | 89 |
Introduction | 97 |
4 | 117 |
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