Page 2 - Malnutrition In India

UN endorses India's steps to address hunger, malnutrition to achieve SGD

In 2015, India, along with other countries, signed the declaration on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, comprising 17 Sustainable Development Goals

Nutrition survey: Children show early signs of diabetes, high cholesterol

India has made considerable progress in tackling malnourishment, but more children are showing early signs of diabetes and high cholesterol

Malnutrition-free India by 2022, says Union Minister Smriti Irani

She said that 'Poshan Abhiyan' scheme is one of the dream projects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India will achieve the target by 2022

How fixing female malnutrition can boost India's economy by $15-46 billion

Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of about half of India's childhood deaths, and if they are affected at an early age, there can be long-term consequences

Revealed: New method to check malnutrition by parliamentary constituencies

Measuring malnutrition data by constituency could not only help MPs make informed choices but provide more information to voters, the author said

Only 9% Indian kids get proper nutrition, 1/3rd grow up stunted: NITI Aayog

The main reason is lack of awareness around nutrition issues: NITI Aayog

Over 40% of world's stunted children live in India, says NGO report

Sixty per cent of the malnutrition burden in the country falls on Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra

Six factors that could reduce malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh has 6.6% of the country's child population under the age of five years, children who will makeup 158.7 million of India's demographic dividend

Results of preventing under-nutrition must be seen by 2022: Modi

The current status of malnutrition, stunting and related problems was reviewed at the meeting

PM Modi stresses on need to reduce malnutrition, wants results by 2022

PM Modi also called for convergence among all schemes of Union and State Governments

India's malnutrition disease burden 12 times higher per person than China

Child and maternal malnutrition contributes to disease burden

51% of Indian women are anaemic, reveals Global Nutrition Report

According to the new reports, India comes at the bottom of the table with 51% women impacted with anaemia, maximum in the world

Gender discrimination a key underlying cause of malnutrition in India

Undernutrition-both stunting and wasting-significantly increases the risks of dying from infections