Life Sciences & Biotechnology
Title : | Analysis of food logs from 6 states |
Area of research : | Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Focus area : | Nutrition |
Principal Investigator : | Dr. Jacob M.Puliyel, St. Stephen's Hospital, New Delhi |
Timeline Start Year : | 2012 |
Timeline End Year : | 2012 |
Contact info : | puliyel@gmail.com |
Details
Executive Summary : | The energy consumption in the study was 2379kcal per capita per day. According to the summary report world agriculture, the per capita food consumptions in 1997-99 was 2803 which is higher than that in the best states in India. The consumption for developing countriesna decade ago was 2681 and in Sub-Saharan Africa it was 2195. The data of this study is compatiable in 2005 with the South Asia consumption of 2403 Kcal per capita per day in 1997-99. For comparision, in industrialized countries it was 3380. In Tamil Nadu it was a mere 1817 kcal. |
Publications : | 1 |
Outcome/Output: | A nutrient calculator that computed the total nutrient in the food consumed (hhtp://bit/ly/ncalculator) |
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