Double Burden of Malnutrition: The Role of Framing in Development of Political Priority in the Context of Rising Diet-related Non-communicable Diseases in Tamil Nadu, India (P22-005-19)

In low- and middle-income countries, non-communicable disease (NCD) prevalence is increasing while undernutrition persists, resulting in a double-burden of malnutrition. How policy actors frame malnutrition may shape policy, programming, and investment. In India, where NCDs are rising rapidly and undernutrition persists throughout the country, much of food and health policy is decentralized, but little is known of how the double burden of...