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In Maharashtra alone, for example, there were around 45,000 childhood deaths due to mild or severe malnutrition in 2009, according to the Times of India. [149] Another Times of India report in 2010 has stated that 50% of childhood deaths in India are attributable to malnutrition. [150]
According to a report, 68% of deaths in children under 5 years of age, in India, is due to malnutrition. [ 15 ] An IIT Delhi study found a link between anemia in children under the age of 5 and PM 2.5 levels in air, with every 10 μg per cubic meter increase in PM 2.5 levels being linked to a decrease in hemoglobin levels by 0.07 g/dL. [ 16 ]
The Bihar drought of 1966–1967 was a drought in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. [1] [2] The official death toll from starvation in the Bihar drought was 2353, roughly half of which occurred in the state of Bihar. [3] The wholesale price of food grains in Bihar had increased while there was a marginal increase in the prices in other ...
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]
Map of Indian famine of 1899–1900 from Prosperous British India by William Digby: 1943–1944: Bengal famine of 1943: Bengal: 1.5 million from starvation; 2.1 to 3 million including deaths from epidemics. [48] A map of the districts of Bengal, 1943, from Famine Enquiry Commission, Report on Bengal, 1945
In addition to the yearly GHI, the Hunger Index for the States of India (ISHI) was published in 2008 [16] and the Sub-National Hunger Index for Ethiopia [17] was published in 2009. An interactive map allows users to visualize the data for different years and zoom into specific regions or countries.
Death by starvation was not the only reason for the rapid decline in population: deportation to Germany and Nazi shootings also played their part. Nevertheless, starvation was an important factor. [140] British historian Alex Kay estimates that about 10,000 city inhabitants died of starvation. [138] Soviet Union: 10,000: 1942–1943
Starvation is a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake, below the level needed to maintain an organism's life. It is the most extreme form of malnutrition.In humans, prolonged starvation can cause permanent organ damage [1] and eventually, death.