Malnutrition In India Statistics 2018
44 of children under the age of 5 are underweight while 72 of infants have anaemia.
Malnutrition in india statistics 2018. The simultaneous occurrence of over nutrition and under nutrition indicates that adults in india are suffering from a dual burden of malnutrition abnormal thinness and obesity. National nutrition week 2018. Malnutrition according to the world health organization who refers to deficiencies excesses or imbalances in a person s intake of energy and or nutrients. Status of malnutrition in india as per the most recent available data roughly 40 of children under five are stunted and 21 of children under five are severely.
India home to 46 6 million stunted children a third of world s total. India s global hunger index india ranking of 67 the 80 nations with the worst hunger situation places us even below north korea or sudan. India needs a lot more to be done to tackle the menace of malnutrition and ngos are plugging the gaps in government. 29 november 2018 the latest edition of the global nutrition report is released.
51 4 of women of reproductive age have anaemia and 9 1 of adult men have diabetes compared to 8 3 of women. Reports of national health family survey united nations. The 2018 global nutrition report reveals that the global burden of malnutrition is unacceptably high and now affects every country in the world. In its report the state of the world s children 2019 unicef said that every second child in that age group is affected by some form of malnutrition.
Malnutrition caused 69 per cent of deaths of children below the age of five in india according to a unicef report released on wednesday. Global nutrition report 2018 india is facing a major malnutrition crisis as it holds almost a third of world s burden for stunting according to a global nutrition report published thursday. One of the major causes for malnutrition in india is economic inequality due to the low social status of population their diet often lacks in both quality and quantity. Micronutrient malnutrition in india with over one sixth of the global population residing in india one third of about two billion people suffering from vitamin and micronutrient deficiency are in india.
What does the national nutrition strategy propose. It is well known that maternal infant and child nutrition play significant roles in the proper growth and development including future socio economic status of the child. In india 54 9 of infants under 6 months are exclusively breastfed. Micronutrients are required in small quantities and responsible for vital functions of the human body.
But it also highlights that if we act now it is not too late to end malnutrition in all its forms. Meanwhile 5 1 of women and 2 7 of men have obesity. India s adult population also face a malnutrition burden.