Parents & Students Want Eggs In Schools, But As Influence Of Right-Wing Politics Grows, Child Nutrition Suffers

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Parents & Students Want Eggs In Schools, But As Influence Of Right-Wing Politics Grows, Child Nutrition Suffers

Nutrient-rich eggs could improve the health of India’s children, a third of whom are chronically malnourished, the highest rate among the G-20 group of nations. Up to 70% of Indians cannot afford a healthy diet, but Hindu right-wing hostility to eggs deprives students in 12 states, all run by the Bharatiya Janata Party directly or in a coalition. In India’s richest state by size of economy, we found parents in rural areas, where food is increasi…