Problem of Malnutrition In India

What is malnutrition?

• Deficiencies, excesses or inbalances In person's Intake of energy/ nutrients.
• 3 Broad Nutrition:
• Wasting
• Stunting
• Underweight
• Micronutrient malnutrition: Micronutrition deficiencies are excess.
• Obesity: Overweight and diet-related non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and some cancer.
• The link between poverty and malnutrition: Vicious cycle
• UN Decades of action on nutrition (2016-2025).

Highlights of the Article

• National Nutrition Survey: central government and UNICEF
• Measures malnutrition through biochemical measures, anthropometric data, pre-valence
• of non-communicable diseases.
• Main Highlights:
• Increase In pre-diabetes among the children & adolescents
• 20% of children in the age group 5-9 were stunted
• 25% of children are wasted.
• 4% of adolescents have high cholesterol levels.
• 7% of children have a high risk of chronic kidney disease.