Open AccessNutrient adequacy and its correlation in a sub-Himalayan region of West Bengal, India
Author(s) -
Sharmistha Bhattacherjee,
Saikat Datta,
Kuntala Ray,
Dipta Kanti Mukhopadhyay
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.192315
Subject(s) - medicine , nutrient , malnutrition , environmental health , family income , population , allowance (engineering) , demography , socioeconomics , economic growth , mechanical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , pathology , sociology , engineering , economics
Nutrient adequacy is the level of intake of an essential nutrient in relation to the nutrient requirement for adequate health, which is expressed as the percentage of recommended dietary allowance. To develop an effective nationwide preventive program to combat malnutrition, it is necessary not only to assess the nature and magnitude of the problem of nutrient inadequacy but to identify factors affecting it especially at the household level.