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New Delhi: Girls who had access to the free lunches provided at government schools, had children with a higher height-to-age ratio than those who did not, says a new study on inter-generational benefits of India’s midday meal scheme. Using nationally representative data on cohorts of mothers and their children spanningContinue Reading

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As India’s 70th year of Independence begins, widespread progress is evident, but in rural India, where 833 million Indians (70%) live, people are consuming fewer nutrients than are required to stay healthy, according to a 2012 National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) survey. On an average, compared to 1975-1979, a ruralContinue Reading