Anuradha Dutta|Kiran Pant
The Nutritional Status of Indigenous People in the Garhwal Himalayas, India
newly formed state uttaranchal india diverse agroclimatic conditions region sparsely populated communication difficult many areas inaccessible natural catastrophes droughts landslides common region lags behind agroindustrial development level poverty high earlier studies indicate health residents region generally poor hilly terrain imposes heavy burden health people aggravates problem undernutrition project carried april july 2000 assess state undernutrition among indigenous people garhwal himalayas state uttaranchal term indigenous context refers native born people garhwal himalayas also known garhwali total 854 respondents studied 3 agroclimatic situationsthe high hills mid hills low hills also classified gupta 1983 subtropical 2501200 subtemperate 12001700 temperate 17003500 mas well rural urban settings study revealed 30 population suffers undernutrition higher average 20 according wardlaw 2000 however gender appear affect level undernourishment agroclimatic situation maximum negative impact nutritional status indigenous population rural people found undernourished urban population may thus concluded groups identified study namely people residing high hills rural population developmental activities focused relatively undernourished