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Suman Chakrabarti
Suman Chakrabarti is a Predoctoral Research Associate at the University of Washington. His research interests include understanding the relationships between sociodemographic, programmatic and dietary changes, and health/nutrition outcomes, across multiple contexts. Suman joined the Ph.D. program in Global Health Metrics and Implementation Science in 2018 after working as a Research Analyst at the International Food Policy Research Institute for seven years. During that time, he was involved in the evaluation of several large-scale randomised controlled trials, observational studies, and costing exercises. His published research investigates the impact of large-scale social protection programmes on poverty, maternal and child health and nutrition. After obtaining his doctorate, he plans to pursue a career in academics and research, where he aims to focus on comprehensively evaluating the determinants of chronic malnutrition/disease in populations and connect scientific evidence to improve policies and programmes. His goal is to contribute to the growing evidence base that informs the nexus between economic variables, nutritional intake and health that can help effectively address poverty, malnutrition, and disease globally.
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पोषण में सुधार हेतु स्कूली भोजन योजनाओं का महत्व
भारत में अल्पपोषित बच्चों की संख्या दुनिया में सबसे अधिक है और यहां मिड-डे मील (एमडीएम) के रूप में स्कूली भोजन की सबसे बड़ी योजना जारी है परंतु इस योजना के अंतर-पीढ़ीगत प्रभाव पर सीमित साक्ष्य उपलब्ध हैं। राष्ट्रीय परिवार स्वास्थ्य सर्वेक्षण और राष्ट्रीय नमूना सर्वेक्षण के आंकड़ों के आधार पर, यह लेख दिखाता है कि अगर स्कूली शिक्षा के दौरान एक माँ एमडीएम की लाभार्थी थी, तो उसके बच्चों की लम्बाई की कमी में 20-30% की गिरावट आती है।
The power of school feeding programmes to improve nutrition
India has the world’s highest number of undernourished children and the largest school-feeding programme – the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme – but limited evidence is available on the intergenerational impact of the programme. Based on data from the National Family Health Survey and National Sample Survey, this article shows if a mother was a beneficiary of MDM during schooling, there is a 20-30% reduction in height deficits of her children.