India Lands at 111th Place in Global Hunger Index 2023
India's placement in the Global Hunger Index 2023 has stirred controversy, with the government terming it "erroneous and having malafide intent."
India's placement in the Global Hunger Index 2023 has stirred controversy, with the government terming it "erroneous and having malafide intent."
The President said that though India is the leading consumer and exporter of rice today, the situation was different when the nation became free.
Amid the worst-ever economic crisis in Sri Lanka, malnutrition has increased among children under the age of five, Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said on Thursday, adding that that steps are being taken to address the issue.
In the 92nd edition of his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' broadcast over All India Radio, the Prime Minister said, "I am telling you about so many innovative experiments related to malnutrition, because all of us also have to join this campaign in the coming month.
According to UNICEF, 1.1 million children this year are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition, up from one million last year.
Malnutrition is known to affect the cognitive development and future earning potential of children. To ensure reduction in chronic child undernutrition (stunting) and prevent adverse impact on growth and lifelong development of a child.
Malnutrition has an irreversible effect on health and human development. The first Golden 1000 Days of a child’s life are a unique period of opportunity when the foundations of optimum health, growth, and neurodevelopment across the lifespan is established.
The link between nutrition and economics has been analyzed by economists since a long time. The notion that poverty causes malnutrition dates back at least to Adam Smith and income is still the main explanatory variable in most contemporary attempts to explain poor nutrition.
The malnutrition paradox is that there are some countries that have become economic powerhouses with persistently high numbers of malnourished children, while other countries with low levels of national income have shown an appreciable progress in combating malnutrition by investing in cost-effective, proven interventions that ensure children's access to proper nutrition.
The UNICEF book has been based on the findings of the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey 2016-18 which found that 35 per cent of children under five are stunted, 17 per cent are wasted and 33 per cent are underweight.
