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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
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 ...
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]
India's Global Hunger Index India ranking of 67, the 80 nations with the worst hunger situation places it even below North Korea or Sudan. 44% of children under the age of 5 are underweight, while 72% of infants have anemia. [15] It is considered that one in three malnourished children live in India. States where malnutrition is prominent: [15]
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 ...
Union of India & Others [21] – popularly known as the "right to food" case. The PUCL argued that article 21 – "right to life" of the Indian constitution when read together with articles 39 (a) and 47 , makes the right to food a derived fundamental right which is enforceable by virtue of the constitutional remedy provided under article 32 of ...
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is a government program in India which provides nutritional meals, preschool education, primary healthcare, immunization, health check-up and referral services to children under 6 years of age and their mothers. [1]
Hospitals in India The Caritas Hospital is a hospital in Thellakom under the Ettumanoor municipality in Kottayam district , Kerala , India. The hospital is run by the Syro-Malabar Knanaya Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam .