Dietary Transition in India: An Analysis Based on NSS Data, 1993-2004

Nidhi Kaicker; Vani Kulkarni; Raghav Gaiha

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198099215.003.0003

Dietary Transition in India: An Analysis Based on NSS Data, 1993-2004

Nidhi Kaicker, Vani Kulkarni, Raghav Gaiha

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Our study examines changes in diets over the period 1993-2004. Diets have shifted away from cereals towards higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, oils and livestock products. Using household data, reduced form demand relations are estimated for nine food commodities. Significant own and cross-price effects that vary over time are confirmed, as also income/expenditure effects. Over and above these effects, more sedentary life styles and less strenuous activity patterns played a significant role in shaping dietary patterns. While changes in life style and activity patterns are irreversible, an important policy insight is that food price stabilization and expansion of livelihood opportunities deserve greater attention.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Diets, Malnutrition, and Disease: The Indian Experience
Editors	Raghav Gaiha, Raghbendra Jha & Vani S Kulkarni
Place of Publication	New Delhi, India
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	56-80
Volume	1
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9780198099215
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198099215.003.0003
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Dietary Transition in India: An Analysis Based on NSS Data, 1993-2004. / Kaicker, Nidhi; Kulkarni, Vani; Gaiha, Raghav.
Diets, Malnutrition, and Disease: The Indian Experience. ed. / Raghav Gaiha, Raghbendra Jha & Vani S Kulkarni. Vol. 1 1st. ed. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press , 2014. p. 56-80.

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