Analyzing gender differentials in dietary diversity across urban and peri-urban areas of Hyderabad, India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

India's recent increase in urbanization alongside with feminization of rural agriculture could increase the existing gender disparities in dietary diversity. With many rural men migrating to urban areas, women have increased domestic burdens as well as productive burdens such as making informed crop production decisions so household members consume a diverse diet. Given the rapid and recent onset of this phenomenon, there is a need to explore gender differentials in diet diversity across urban and rural areas to assess if certain populations are being disproportionately impacted by this trend. There are limited established quantitative studies discussing this gender disparity with respect to urbanization. Therefore, this paper compares dietary diversity among adult men,

SUBMITTER: Marla KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9969366 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature