Dietary diversity as a sustainable approach towards micronutrient Deficiencies in India

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dc.contributor.authorChaudhary, Vineeten_US
dc.contributor.authorSaraswathy, Kallur Navaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSarwal, Rakeshen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-19T04:52:25Z
dc.date.available2023-08-19T04:52:25Z
dc.date.issued2022-07
dc.description.abstractThe silent epidemic of micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs) continues to be a major public health challenge in the developing world, including India. The prevalence of iron, iodine, zinc, vitamin A and folate deficiencies is alarmingly high worldwide. India is additionally facing a high prevalence of vitamin D and B12 deficiencies. To combat the hidden epidemic of MNDs, various governments around the world have mostly relied on supplementation or fortification-based interventions. India launched salt iodization programme in 1962 and vitamin A and iron-folate supplementation programmes in 1970. Yet, even after decades of these programmes, MNDs are still widespread in the country. Due to slow progress in alleviating the burden of most MNDs, the Government of India aims to scale up fortification-based intervention programmes. However, there are safety and effectiveness concerns with such approaches. Hence, overdependence on supplementation and fortification alone may be counterproductive. Instead, food based dietary diversification approach can be the way forward. In this article, we list the common MNDs in India, evaluate major policy interventions, discuss concerns pertaining to fortification and suggest the need for a concurrent food-based approach, in particular dietary diversification, as a long-term and sustainable strategy to address population-based MNDs.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi &en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsNational Minorities Development and Finance Corporation, Delhi, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationChaudhary Vineet, Saraswathy Kallur Nava, Sarwal Rakesh. Dietary diversity as a sustainable approach towards micronutrient Deficiencies in India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2022 Jul; 156(1): 31-45en_US
dc.identifier.issn0971-5916
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/223646
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherWolters Kluwer – Medknowen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume156en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_3314_21en_US
dc.subjectAnaemiaen_US
dc.subjectdietary diversityen_US
dc.subjectfortificationen_US
dc.subjectiodine deficiencyen_US
dc.subjectiron deficiencyen_US
dc.subjectmicronutrient deficienciesen_US
dc.subjectsupplementationen_US
dc.subjectvitamin A deficiencyen_US
dc.titleDietary diversity as a sustainable approach towards micronutrient Deficiencies in Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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