Kirjahaku

This book explores the historical perspective of food security, women’s access to food, malnutrition and obesity among women, and household food security to present an analysis of women’s nutrition in developing countries. It also includes a chapter detailing the history of slums – based on the narratives of the key informants. This chapter focuses on the interlink ages between the household food security variables and their temporal relationship with the nutritional status of women in slums of Ghaziabad. The subject matter of this book also covers: Food Security in an Urban Poor ContextSocio-Ecological Perspective on Food SufficiencyInequalities and Caste DiscriminationQuest for Determinants of Household Food SecurityPrint edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan or Bhutan)

The book is focused on the urban poor environment. It is important to know the circumstances in which they are living. The location of settlement provides a framework to capture the combination of human and socioeconomic factors in explaining the variation in health status within the given population. In general, what people do is nearly always influenced by their social settings. The urban poor who are living in slums are most vulnerable due to the exclusionary attitude of the State towards the poor. The brutal physical and socio-economic environment leads to lacking social networks and monetising basic needs. These two factors also undermine the vulnerable population's capacities that affect their wellbeing.