http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11FOB-Rieff-t.html?emc=eta1
Sometimes these articles make me really mad. It includes a line, "No one is quite sure why the nutrition situation in India is so dire. The lack of women’s empowerment in both rural and urban areas is thought to play a major role." I should say it is quite simple why the situation in India is dire. First, food is expensive and the economic boom has not increased the income of everyone to make nutritious food within reach for all. The government subsidies food through ration shops but there is a lot of corruption. The net result is the poor cannot get access to enough nutritious food. Simple.
The empowerment of women affects the nutritious levels of girls. That is a different issue from the fact that 43% of all children in India (boys and girls) are undernourished as the article describes.
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