Malnutrition

97 Million Underweight Children Lived in India in 2016: Lancet Study

Food | NDTV Food Desk | Thursday October 12, 2017

According to the latest study, published in the renowned journal Lancet, about 97 million underweight children lived in India in 2016.

India Can Offer Developmental Solutions To The World

Shalini Rudra | Friday September 22, 2017

Humankind has come a long way in the quest for knowledge, science and technology. The global economy has never before witnessed such unprecedented levels of economic growth and technological advancements. The last century, in particular, has transformed the social and economic lives of millions across the globe. Yet, the human society is far from t...

Fortified Peanut Butter May Cure Acute Malnutrition: Study

Food | NDTV Food Desk | Wednesday September 13, 2017

According to the study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, replacing corn-soy porridge with a lipid-based nutrient supplement - fortified peanut butter - can improve treatment of acute malnutrition.

Fortified Peanut Butter Can Treat Acute Malnutrition: Study

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday September 12, 2017

New Delhi: Replacing corn-soy porridge with a lipid-based nutrient supplement — fortified peanut butter – can improve treatment of acute malnutrition, suggests new research. During a trial in Burkina Faso in West Africa, more than 1,600 small children with moderate acute malnutrition were given either lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) or c...

Malnutrition In India: A Silent Emergency

Médecins Sans Frontières | Friday September 8, 2017

While the sustainable development goals (SDGs) aim to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030, making sure all people- especially children- have access to sufficient and nutritious food all year round, malnutrition continues to exist in a country like India despite economic growth and development. This only underscores the complexity of th...

NITI Aayog Releases National Nutrition Strategy

Food | NDTV Food Desk | Wednesday September 6, 2017

Experts pointed at the need for states to create customized state and district level action plans.

Rajasthan's Tribals Have Found The Answer To End Malnutrition

Press Trust Of India | Tuesday August 29, 2017

Dungarpur (Rajasthan): In order to address malnutrition problem, 1,000-odd tribal farmers have started growing protein-rich black gram (urad) and even set up a farmers producers company (FPO) to sell the surplus produce. Mandaviya Agri-based Producers Company, the third FPO in the malnutrition-hit district, was set up with the support of a Chennai...

Human Rights Body Sends Notice To Jharkhand On Deaths Of 52 Infants In 30 Days

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday August 28, 2017

The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Jharkhand government on the reported deaths of 52 infants in 30 days at Jamshedpur's Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, an official statement said on Monday.

Children Who Skip Breakfast May Be at Risk of Malnutrition

Food | NDTV Food Desk | Thursday August 17, 2017

The researchers found that children who skip breakfast regularly may not be consuming the daily amounts of key nutrients for growth and development.

Remembering 'Quit India', PM Modi Calls For Special Initiative To End Poverty, Illiteracy, Corruption

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 9, 2017

Terming poverty, lack of education and malnutrition as the greatest challenges, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for special initiatives to end all such ills in the next five years with the pledge of 'Karenge Aur Kar Ke Rahenge' (Will do and ensure it is do).

The New Kind of Protein, Created from Air and Electricity

Food | NDTV Food Desk | Tuesday August 1, 2017

Scientists in Finland claim that they have been able to successfully create food from thin air, using components such as electricity, CO2 and a few added microbes.

Why Mumbai Is Losing The Battle Against Child Malnutrition

Indo-Asian News Service,IndiaSpend | Thursday July 6, 2017

By Swagata Yadavar/ IndiaSpend.org Mumbai’s Colaba is well known for its art deco buildings, the Gateway of India, swish pubs and restaurants, and the pleasant promenade of Marine Drive. It houses the state assembly, the Vidhan Bhavan, and the state secretariat, Mantralaya. However, this high-profile ward recorded the third-highest incidence of m...

Children In Varanasi Villages Suffer From Malnutrition, Alleges PIL. High Court Seeks Reply

Press Trust Of India | Monday June 26, 2017

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has sought a counter affidavit on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) highlighting malnutrition among the children of several villages in Varanasi district. A division bench of Justice Arun Tandon and Justice Ashok Kumar, in its order dated June 20, directed the Varanasi district magistrate to file his reply on a ...

Indian Anti-Hunger Activist To Be Honoured by Queen Elizabeth II

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday June 21, 2017

Anti-hunger activist Ankit Kawatra, who has been committed to solving hunger and malnutrition in India, is all set to receive the prestigious Queen's Young Leaders Award with 60 others from all 53 Commonwealth countries.

Kerala's Plan To Become Hunger And Malnutrition Free

Press Trust Of India | Wednesday June 14, 2017

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government will collaborate with the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) to make the state ‘hunger and malnutrition-free’. Kerala has been selected by the UN agency to implement the hunger-free state initiative as part of its ambitious sustainable development programme, Chief Minister’s office here said. T...

India Has World's Highest Number Of Stunted Children, Child Workers, Shows Study

Indo-Asian News Service,IndiaSpend | Thursday June 8, 2017

By Swagata Yadavar/ IndiaSpend.org India now has the highest number of children stunted due to malnutrition — 48.2 million, equivalent to the population of Colombia, as per the latest global report on childhood. Also, 31 million of its children are a part of its workforce, the highest number in the world. These two factors, along with early marri...

In 5 States, Tata Trusts Aim To Bring Down Malnutrition By 25%

Press Trust Of India | Wednesday May 31, 2017

New Delhi: Tata Trusts are intensifying work on improving maternal and infant nutrition besides large scale food fortification, aiming to reduce incidence of malnutrition by 25 per cent in five states in the next five years. The trusts, which received grants of around Rs 50 crore from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the past two years, are cur...

1 out of 10 Indian Children Aged 6-23 Months Gets Adequate Diet

NDTV Food Desk | Tuesday May 9, 2017

According to a survey, only one in 10 Indian children aged 6-23 months gets 'adequate diet' and 35.7 per cent of children below five years of age are underweight.

Take Up The Fight Against Fluorosis Before It's Too Late

Vikas Ratanjee | Tuesday April 18, 2017

In 2004, the villagers of Chauhatta in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district started complaining of body pain. Unable to identify the cause for many months, one of the villagers decided to visit Mumbai to see a ‘big’ doctor. The doctor diagnosed that the water that he drank was the real culprit and had huge amounts of fluoride in it. He was advis...

Over 93 Lakh Children Have Severe Acute Malnutrition, Says Government

Press Trust Of India | Tuesday April 11, 2017

New Delhi: Over 93 lakh children have severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the country, the government on Tuesday said, citing data from the latest health survey. Minister of State for Health Faggan Singh Kulaste told the Rajya Sabha that there are 966 Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs) in 25 states and UTs in the country. “It is estimated t...

Childhood Stunting In India Reduces By Nearly 10% In Last Decade: Survey

NDTV News Desk | Wednesday March 15, 2017

New Delhi: During Question Hour in the Lok Sabha last week, the Rural Development Minister Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar’s deputy Ram Kripal Yadav said the incidence of stunted growth among children below five years age has declined to 38.4 per cent in 2015-16. Malnutrition among children is mainly due to malnutrition among their mothers, ...

Haryana Government Chalks Out Strategy To Tackle Malnutrition

Press Trust Of India | Monday February 20, 2017

Chandigarh: The Haryana government has adopted a multi-pronged strategy under the State Nutrition Policy to tackle child malnutrition. The strategy includes establishment of State Nutrition Council and State Nutrition Mission, organised focused interventions at village and block level, and coordination of the efforts of different departments to cre...

Why Uttarakhand Needs To Focus On Child Care

Indo-Asian News Service,IndiaSpend | Friday March 3, 2017

By Shalini Rudra/ IndiaSpend It ranks number six in per capita income, but relatively prosperous Uttarakhand does worse than many poorer states with its infant mortality rate (IMR), ranking 18th among 29 states, an indication of its indifferent health. Although the maternal mortality ratio has improved, child-health indicators, collectively, a majo...

As Parents Migrate For Work, Children Die In This Maharashtra Village

Thomson Reuters Foundation | Thursday January 5, 2017

By Roli Srivastava Khoch, Maharashtra: As Soni Wadwi breastfed her one-year-old son, Sonu, outside her hut in Khoch village in Maharashtra, she recounted how he almost died from severe malnutrition four months ago. The family left the village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra state last year for work for several months as many do. When they re...

Ration Card, Cot, Cash, Land - All After He Died Of Hunger

Sutapa Deb | Monday December 19, 2016

Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh: “My husband died of hunger. We are left with nothing, not even a grain of rice,” says Usha, wife of Dharmendra who was a seasonal folk theatre artist from Dharauta village in Allahabad district. 26-year-old Dharmendra died on October 23. His neighbours claim that he had not eaten a proper meal in months. Sushila Devi,...

Emaciated 18-Year-Old Yemeni Girl Now Smiles But Recovery Patchy

World News | Reuters | Tuesday December 6, 2016

Images of 18-year-old Saida Ahmad Baghili's emaciated body shocked the world and turned a spotlight on the worsening humanitarian crisis across war-torn Yemen.

Asia-Pacific Loses Steam In Efforts To End Hunger: Study

World News | Reuters | Tuesday December 6, 2016

Even as malnutrition killed millions of children worldwide last year - with many deaths in Asia-Pacific, the region's progress towards defeating hunger has slowed down, a new study has found.

Rise in Malnutrition Must be Reversed Before it Creates Health "Catastrophe": Experts

Thomson Reuters | Friday December 2, 2016

Malnutrition - which includes hunger and obesity - is on the rise and may affect half the world's population by 2035 unless governments take urgent action to reverse its spread, U.N. agencies and experts said on Thursday.

Nearly 800 Million People Go To Bed Hungry Each Night: UN Agency

Reuters | Monday June 26, 2017

Rome: Malnutrition – which includes hunger and obesity – is on the rise and may affect half the world’s population by 2035 unless governments take urgent action to reverse its spread, UN agencies and experts said on Thursday. The problem affects a third of the world’s population and costs the global economy an estimated $3.5 trillion a year...

Uttar Pradesh Steps Up To Break The Cycle Of Malnutrition

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday November 30, 2016

Lucknow: The Micronutrient Initiative (MI) signed an MoU with the National Health Mission, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday, to improve nutrition for the vulnerable populations, including women, newborns and young children, an official said. The MoU was signed by the National Health Mission Director Alok Kumar and Micronutrient Initiative India Country ...