{"id":6155,"date":"2022-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/15-06-2022\/malnutrition-in-india\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T00:00:00","slug":"malnutrition-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/editorial-analysis\/15-06-2022\/malnutrition-in-india","title":{"rendered":"Malnutrition in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

In News<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Recently ,It has been observed that <\/span><\/span><\/span>Malnutrition in India <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>is a worry in a modern scenario.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Malnutrition<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • It refers to deficiencies, <\/span><\/span><\/span>excesses or imbalances<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in a <\/span><\/span><\/span>person\u2019s intake of energy and\/or nutrients.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • The term malnutrition covers 2 broad groups of conditions and these are :\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • \u2018Undernutrition\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2014It includes <\/span><\/span><\/span>stunting <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>(low height for age), <\/span><\/span><\/span>wasting <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>(low weight for height), <\/span><\/span><\/span>underweight <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>(low weight for age) and <\/span><\/span><\/span>micronutrient deficiencies or insufficiencies<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (a lack of important vitamins and minerals).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • The other is <\/span><\/span><\/span>overweight, obesity and diet-related<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> noncommunicable diseases (such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

      Malnutrition in India\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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      • In India, <\/span><\/span><\/span>child malnutrition has been improving gradually<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • The National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) has shown marginal <\/span><\/span><\/span>improvement in different nutrition indicators<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, indicating that the pace of <\/span><\/span><\/span>progress is slow.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Between the last two NFHSs conducted in 2<\/span><\/span><\/span>015-16 and 2019-21<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, children who are underweight reduced by 3.7 percentage points, those who are stunted reduced by 2.9 percentage points, and those who are wasted reduced by 1.7 percentage points.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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          • There has been some progress in <\/span><\/span><\/span>tackling malnutrition among children <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span><\/span>women over the past decade.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Issues and Concerns\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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            • Less Diet\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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              • India\u2019s greatest national treasure is its people, especially<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> women and children but even after <\/span><\/span><\/span>75 years of independence, <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>a majority of them d<\/span><\/span><\/span>o not get the required diet to meet their nutritional needs.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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                • A c<\/span><\/span><\/span>hild\u2019s nutritional status<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> is directly linked to their mother.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                • Poor nutrition <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>among pregnant women affects the <\/span><\/span><\/span>nutritional status <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>of the child and has a greater<\/span><\/span><\/span> chance to affect future generations.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                • Prevalence of Anaemia\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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                  • India also has the<\/span><\/span><\/span> highest prevalence of anaemia <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>in the world .<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                  • The NFHS-5 survey indicates that more than <\/span><\/span><\/span>57% of women<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (15-49 years) and over <\/span><\/span><\/span>67% children (six-59 months)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> suffer from <\/span><\/span><\/span>anaemia<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                  • Budgetary issues\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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                    • Saksham Anganwadi and the Prime Minister\u2019s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN) 2.0 programme have seen only a <\/span><\/span><\/span>marginal increase in budgetary allocation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> this year (?20,263 crore from ?20,105 crore in 2021-22).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n