Gender Response in Accessing Food During Coronavirus Out-Break: A Case Study of Hostel-Residents in Gandhinagar.
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2022-09-01
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Chainany E-Journal
Abstract
SDG-10, emphasises the uniform distribution of per-capita food and nutrition intake and
percentage share of expenditure on food consumption. The objective here is to instigate spatial
inequalities in food and nutrient consumption among students living in hostels at Gandhinagar.
The research investigates Socioeconomic and cultural factor affecting food insufficiency during
the pandemic. As the evidences produced in the present research comes to a conclusion that
who consumes food, when it is consumed, what is being consumed and at what proportion it is
consumed is directly affected by external forces such as location where students live, presence
of food outlet, availability of food in the food outlet. In the pandemic conditions people are
scared of tackling their immunity response to COVID-19. Whereas sub-standard nutrition in the
food intake among students can lead to risk of getting affected to many diseases that can or
cannot be communicable diseases. Gujarati as a dominant speaking language in Gujarat (India)
are at high risk for poor nutrition among migrant student due to socio-cultural and economic
factors