Women’s and Girls’ Diets – Rights, Health, and Opportunities
Advocacy for Healthy Diets: Nutrition Brief Series – Adolescent Girls & Women’s Diets
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Highlights
What women and girls eat today significantly impacts their health, learning, and future. The second brief in UNICEF India’s Advocacy for Healthy Diets series highlights how nutrition is central to the rights, well-being, and opportunities of adolescent girls and women - at school, at work, and in daily life. Drawing on data from CNNS and NFHS-5, it sheds light on the triple burden of malnutrition in India - undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and rising overweight - while unpacking how gender norms, food environments, and time poverty make it harder for women and girls to access the diets they need, especially during adolescence, pregnancy, and lactation.
