Malnutrition

Obesity: The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion, according to a global study. Among the world's children and adolescents, the rate of obesity in 2022 was four times the rate in 1990. The rate more than doubled in adult women, and nearly tripled in men.

India needs to address issues like malnutrition to become developed country: Raghuram Rajan

Speaking at an interactive session on a book co-authored by him at the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad, he asked how the country can become a developed one when malnutrition is prevalent.

Kanimozhi denounces Smiriti Irani's remark on Global Hunger Index

In the video, the central minister can be heard remarking there are indices that do not project the India story and deliberately so.

Building awareness about nutrition necessary to end malnutrition in South Asia

The general awareness about nutrition in South Asia is extremely poor and there is hardly any evidence of a focused campaign to educate people about the importance of nutritious and diversified diets. Packaged food has made inroads in the rural areas of India and even poor mothers, working as agricultural labour, prefer feeding biscuits and noodles to their children

India has miles to go in fighting malnutrition  

While the government has taken exception to the Global Hunger Index, numerous studies over time indicate that child malnutrition and mortality data are very reliable indicators of how the entire population is doing on nutrition

PM Modi stresses on public awareness on malnutrition, water conservation; highlights expansion of Internet

In his ’Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast, the prime minister said that ”Amrit Dhara” was flowing in every corner of the country in this month of India’s 75th anniversary of independence and mentioned the unique ways the people have celebrated during the ongoing ”Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”.

NFHS5 is a mixed bag of pluses and minuses for India under the NDA government 

India slipped on key malnutrition parameters, including the prevalence of anaemia among women and children, in four out of five years of the NDA’s first term in government. On some indicators, including the incidence of stunting and wasting, the performance improved

Breakfast in school proposal worth Rs 4,000 crore on agenda ahead of Budget session: Report

This comes after a National Family Health Survey (NFHS) found “alarming decrease in children’s nutrition levels over 2015-2019 period” and 18 states reported increase in number of stunted, waster or underweight children under the age of 5,

PM Modi launches ‘POSHAN Maah’ campaign — what is it all about?

The prime minister also kick-started the Poshan Maah recipe contest along with the Poshan Maah nutrition campaign and asked people to share recipes of healthy, nutritious dishes on the My Government website.

COVID-19 Pandemic | How hard will this virus hit India?

Missing pieces of data make it impossible to predict how the outbreak will unfold in the coming months.

Malnutrition leading cause for death among children under 5

Low birth weight is biggest contributor to disease burden, followed by stunting, according to ICMR study. Of the malnutrition indicators, low birth weight is the biggest contributor to disease burden

India’s nutrition goals are stumped by execution challenges

Lack of timely data and weak political will are trouble spots even though the government has “a clear intent” to make India free of malnutrition

Infographic: How healthy are the most backward states of India?

The infographic assesses the performance of certain health indicators in the EAG states on the basis National Family Health Survey, 2016-17.

Obesity among adults increases, under-nutrition among kids still at dangerous level: NFHS

Even after the 10 percent decline in the number of undernourished children in India within last 10 years, over 38 percent of the children under age of five are stunted and around the same percentage of them are underweight.

Govt mulling making fortification mandatory for some food items

In wake of rising malnutrition, the government is mulling making fortification mandatory for certain food items.

India proposes federal budget hike for social sectors

The budget increases for social sectors will come as a relief for the largely poor population in India, where many people, especially in remote towns and villages, lack access to basic healthcare and clean water

Sonia Gandhi rolls out food security scheme in Delhi

Congress President Sonia Gandhi rolled out UPA's flagship Food Security Scheme in Delhi on Tuesday. Starting with the national capital, the Food Security Scheme will come into force in all Congress-ruled states from Tuesday.

Food Bill, a vote catching tool for Congress: BJP leader

The UPA government's proposed Food Security Bill was just a vote catching tool for the Congress, expressed Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya. He voiced his concerns over wastage of food grains in the country.

The good and bad of Food Security Bill

The Cabinet recently passed the food security bill. But does it only make politically correct noises?

Child malnutrition hoax: Why jholawallas are wrong

The bad news for India‘s jholawallas is getting worse. With every passing day, as more evidence pours in from the real world, it appears that the Food Security Bill—an act of faith for Sonia Gandhi and her NAC cohorts—will become a costly voter indulgence rather than a necessary antidote to extreme poverty and child malnutrition.

As crops rot, millions go hungry in India

Every day some 3,000 Indian children die from illnesses related to malnutrition, and yet countless heaps of rodent-infested wheat and rice are rotting in fields across the north of their own country.

Inside India: Eye on social problems in India

Inside India – Ideas for inclusive growth, a show that focuses on understanding the root cause of problems in the social sector and examines the initiatives by the government and private players to fill the gaps.

First 1,000 Days Critical For a Child's Nutrition Profile

Rohini Mukherjee of Naandi Foundation tells Sriram Balasubramanian that workers of Integrated Child Development Services are underqualified and overworked.

Every third malnourished child is an Indian: report

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released the first-ever citizens' report on child malnutrition in the national capital on Tuesday. "The problem of malnutrition is a national shame," the Prime Minister said.

Govt to introduce food bill in Parliament this year

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government will introduce the proposed National Food Security Bill, that seeks to provide a legal guarantee for cheaper foodgrains to the poor, in Parliament this year.