The nutrition security system at the household level: policy implications

Abstract

Household nutrition security is the assurance that the family will receive food and health care commensurate with the requirements of its individual members. Women play a central role in child care and food processing and the policy implications of nutrition security for families have at their core the empowerment of women to enable them to break the vicious circle in which they find themselves. In this paper the background, intervention programmes, and nutritional status of Indian women are examined in order to suggest a policy strategy that can enable women to participate in the national development programmes designed to secure the family's health and nutrition. -from Author