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1st Edition

Women Nutrition in Developing Countries A Mixed Method Approach

By Shikha Saxena Copyright 2025

356 Pages 9 Color Illustrations

by Routledge

Description

This book explores the historical perspective of food security, women’s access to food, malnutrition and obesity among women, and household food security to present an analysis of women’s nutrition in developing countries. It also includes a chapter detailing the history of slums – based on the narratives of the key informants. This chapter focuses on the interlink ages between the household food security variables and their temporal relationship with the nutritional status of women in slums of Ghaziabad. The subject matter of this book also covers:

Food Security in an Urban Poor Context
Socio-Ecological Perspective on Food Sufficiency
Inequalities and Caste Discrimination
Quest for Determinants of Household Food Security

Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan or Bhutan)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement

Preface

List of Abbreviations

List of Tables

List of Figures

1. Introduction

2. Contemporary Concerns Related to Urbanisation and Food

3. Conceptual Framework of HouseHold Food Security

4. Relationship Between Household Food Security and Nutritional Status

5. Narratives form the Participants: Thematic Analysis

6. Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Data

7. Policy Relevance

Glossary

Bibliography

Appendix

Author(s)

Biography

Shikha Saxena