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The severity of hunger and malnutrition in Kerala is the lowest in India, according to the India State Hunger Index published by the International Food Policy Research Institute. [1] According to the India State Hunger Index: 9% of children in Kerala are underweight. [2] 5.6% of the total population are undernourished
Child nutrition in India is a serious problem for the public administration. [1] [2] However India is on course to meet select child nutrition targets such as the target for stunting. [3] In 2019, according to UNICEF report, malnutrition is the cause of 69% of deaths among children below 5 years in India. [4] [5]
This is a list of states and union territories of India ranked according to poverty as of 2022 ... Kerala: 0.76 0.32 0.48 3 Tamil Nadu: 2.90 1.41 1.43 4 Sikkim: 3.75 ...
Despite India's 50% increase in GDP since 2013, [1] more than one third of the world's malnourished children live in India. Among these, half of the children under three years old are underweight. One of the major causes for malnutrition in India is economic inequality. Due to the low economic status of some parts of the population, their diet ...
Malnutrition in India; M. Malnutrition in Kerala This page was last edited on 3 December 2023, at 20:12 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in government primary and upper primary schools, government aided Anganwadis, Madarsa and Maqtabs. [3] Serving 120 million children in over 1.27 million schools and Education Guarantee Scheme centres, the Midday Meal Scheme is the largest of its kind in the world.
During the 2018–19 fiscal year, the Indian federal government allocated ₹ 16,335 crore (US$1.9 billion) to the programme, which is 60% of the funding for the programme while the states allocated the remaining 40%. [3] The widespread network of ICDS has an important role in combating malnutrition especially for children of weaker groups. [4]
Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. [11] [12] Specifically, it is a deficiency, excess, or imbalance of energy, protein and other nutrients which adversely affects the body's tissues and form. [13] Malnutrition is a category of diseases that includes undernutrition and ...