This book addresses the health status of both mothers and children, highlighting acute malnutrition through anthropometric indices such as weight-for-height, weight-for-age, height-for-age, and BMI. Divided into four sections, it provides an overview of public health and nutrition, presents the state-of-the-art situation in South and South-east Asia, and analyzes real-life data on public health and nutrition not only from India and Bangladesh but also from other countries in South and South-east Asia. The book covers insightful analyses of child nutrition, maternal health, and socioeconomic factors, with an emphasis on maternal empowerment, health-seeking behavior, and healthcare accessibility in diverse contexts. The book also addresses topics such as identification of potential genes for prostate cancer, and quality of life and living arrangements of ageing population.
The book is relevant for researchers in the fields of biostatistics, anthropology, demography, health, medicine, and planning, interested in understanding public health and nutrition in South Asia, especially in India and Bangladesh.
Dr. Manoranjan Pal completed his B. Stat. (Hons.) in statistics; M. Stat. in econometrics and planning; and Ph. D. in estimation in errors-in-variables models from the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, India. He was the head of the economic research unit, professor-in-charge of the social sciences division, and member secretary at the International Statistical Education Centre (ISEC), the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, India. Currently, Dr. Pal is teaching in master of science in quantitative economics (MSQE) course as a guest faculty at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). His research interests include applied econometrics, measurement of health and nutrition status, gender bias and empowerment of women, and measurement of poverty, inequality, and segregation. Dr. Pal has published over 150 papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals and authored several books.
Dr. Md. Golam Hossain completed his B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. in mathematics from the department of mathematics, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh; Ph.D. in secular changes in head dimensions of Japanese adults over eight decades from the department of biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan. Currently, he is working as a professor in the department of statistics at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Dr. Hossain’s areas of research interest include health, nutrition, medical statistics, epidemiology, and physical anthropology. He has published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals and authored several book chapters.
Dr. Rashidul Alam Mahumud is an academic health economist currently based at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia. He holds an MSc from Rajshahi University, an MPH from Independent University in Bangladesh, and a Master of Cancer Sciences from the University of Melbourne. Dr. Mahumud recently completed his Ph.D. at the University of Southern Queensland. His extensive research spans economic evaluation, health economics, clinical epidemiology, biostatistics, and public health, particularly on oncology and chronic disease management. Dr. Mahumud has contributed significantly to the field, authoring 125 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and serving as an editor for several prestigious journals in health economics and clinical epidemiology.
Dr. Premananda Bharati is a former professor and head of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India. He has taught subjects including anthropology and genetics. Dr. Bharati was declared “International Man of the Year (1993/94)” in recognition of his services to science from the International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England. His research interests include nutrition and health, anthropometry, empowerment of women and tribal communities. Dr. Bharati is an examiner and sets the paper in anthropology for various universities. He has published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals and authored several books.
