Social Science & Medicine
Volume 157, Pages 1-192 (May 2016)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02779536/156

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Commentary
What does India need to do to address childhood malnutrition at scale?
Pages 186-188
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

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Improving household-level nutrition-specific and nutrition–sensitive conditions key to reducing child undernutrition in India
Pages 189-192
Daniel J. Corsi, Iván Mejía-Guevara, S.V. Subramanian

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Regular Articles
Risk factors for chronic undernutrition among children in India: Estimating relative importance, population attributable risk and fractions
Original Research Article
Pages 165-185
Daniel J. Corsi, Iván Mejía-Guevara, S.V. Subramanian
Highlights
:: Research on risk factors for child undernutrition has been single-factorial and downstream.
:: We assessed the relative and joint contribution of multiple factors for growth and development.
:: Maternal stature, education, household wealth, dietary diversity, and maternal BMI were the top 5 risk factors.
:: Together these five 5 factors accounted for more than 65% of the PAR for child undernutrition.
:: Strategies focused on social circumstances and direct investments in nutrition specific-programs are required.