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The results of major research studies undertaken by the Foundation are published in the form of a Scientific Reports. Each report describes the results of the study and sets out a series of concrete recommendations for practical action with respect to the problem in question. The reports are widely circulated both within India and abroad and are sent not only to scientists but to planners, administrators, Ministers, Members of Parliament and the Press, and the attention of the appropriate circles of the Government is drawn to the recommendations. The list of scientific reports is given below:

Report No. Title Author/Editor Year
01 The national Goitre control programme : A blueprint for its intensification.   1983
02 The Lathyrism problem : Current status and new dimensions.   1983
03 Nutrition and health education through the rural school system.   1984
04 Infant-feeding practices with special reference to the use of commercial infant foods. P.V. Gopujkar, S.N. Chaudhuri, M.A. Ramaswami, M.S. Gore, and C. Gopalan. 1984
05 Nutrition programmes in Orissa state.   1987
06 Nutritional status, physical work capacity and mental function in school children. D.K. Agarwal, S.K. Upadhyay, A.M. Tripathi, and K.N. Agarwal. 1987
07 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) : A study of some aspects of the system.   1988
08 Profiles of undernutrition and underdevelopment : Studies of poor communities in seven regions of the country.  1988
09 Maternal nutrition, lactation and infant growth in urban slums.  1988
10 Growth of affluent Indian girls during adolescence.   1989
11 Growth performance of affluent Indian children (under-fives): Growth standard for Indian children. K.N. Agarwal, D.K. Agarwal, D.G. Benakappa, S.M. Gupta, P.C. Khanduja, S.P. Khatua, K. Ramachandran, P.M. Udani, and C. Gopalan. 1991
12 Use of Carotene-rich foods to combat Vitamin A deficiency in India : A multicentric study. Subadra Seshadri. 1996
13 Effect of nutrition supplementary feeding in the third trimester of pregnancy on the birth weight and subsequent growth of the infant. Leela Raman 1996
14 Relationship of current nutritional status and cognitive functioning in 3-10 years olds living in slums in Delhi. C. Gopalan, Neeraja Sharma, H.P.S. Sachdev. 1998
15 Obesity in Urban middle classes in Delhi. Kamla Krishnaswamy. 1999
16 Anemia in pregnancy - Interstate differences K.N Agarwal, D.K Agarwal, Anshu Sharma 2005
17 Combating Low Birth Weight And Intra- Uterine Growth Retardation Sarath Gopalan, Kamla Ganesh, Rita Patnaik 2005

  • Reports 1-15 not available on website
  • PDF version of 16&17 available by clicking on the title of the report