FILTER
BY CATEGORY

View All

COVID-19 Stay Tuned Nutrition For implementers For policymakers Report For researchers Research Urban Health M&E
Maternal & Child Health

Making Nutritious Diet More Affordable

09 Jul 2021

A Cost of Diet assessment was conducted in West Singhbhum district in 2019 to estimate the lowest cost and quantity and combination of local foods needed to provide a typical family with foods that meet their average needs for energy and their recommended intakes of protein, fat and micronutrients. This study finds that universal uptake of nutrition interventions such as Public Distribution System, take home ration, IFA supplementation, supplementation of eggs, and/or social protection interventions such as MNREGA, pension, livelihood schemes, can lead to significant decrease in percentage income spent on the cost of a food habits based nutritious diet. The recommendations in the study about how to make low cost healthy diets accessible to all can be useful for policy makers.  Click here to read the report. 

PUBLISHED BY
Save the Children
YEAR OF PUBLISHING
2019
AUTHORS
Save the Children

Categories

Nutrition For policymakers
KEY ORGANIZATIONS

FOLLOW US

Disclaimer: This website is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Learning4impact partnership is supported by USAID/India Health Office, under Cooperative Agreement # 72038618CA00001 with Swasti. The information provided on this website is not official U.S. Government information and does not necessarily represent the views or positions of USAID, the United States Government, or Swasti.
Copyright 2023 Swasti Health Catalyst