Nurturing Public Health Nutrition Education In India.
Abstract
Lower middle-income countries, especially India, have a unique double burden of malnutrition in the setting of a rapidly changing economy, with increasing urbanization, nutrition transition and a sedentary lifestyle. Improving diet/nutrition and physical activity has a huge restorative potential; however, this simple strategy is a daunting challenge for India and the public health nutrition (PHN) community in particular. Moreover, India’s scientific and research contributions in this arena—whether in the form of cross-cutting high-quality landmark research studies, publications in peer-reviewed indexed journals, world-class training/teaching programs, mentorship and strategies to promote youth leadership—are abysmally low. This is also exemplified by the unused (almost 50%) government funding for research in general by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India.
Citation
Anon. Nurturing public health nutrition education in India. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2014) 68 (5) 539-540. [DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.42]