Nutrition

KEY POINTS

Challenges in the Context of economic growth-oriented development

          ·          According to National Family Health Survey-4, one-third of stunted/underweight children are from developed states like Maharashtra,   TamilNadu, Gujarat.

          ·          Tribals, rural, poor, and illiterate mother’s children are worse off in so-called developed states

          ·          Around two-thirds of stunted/underweight children are not only developing states but are also developed states.

                  · On the other hand, Odisha is a low-income state has the better network of Integrated Child Development Services, public health facility,   workforce per lakh of population, these translated to a better nutritional status when compared with developed states.

          ·          Impact on early childhood health, imposing disease burden, affects wages, educational attainment, productivity.

o   (India performed poorly in Human development index(0.642), affected mean years of schooling due to malnutrition)

Measures to handle nutrition problem

            ·        Linking agriculture and nutrition, sowing of more millets, pulses solve the problem of Hidden Hunger.

            ·        Diversifying the diet to prevent undernourishment/malnourishment of children.

            ·        Controlling/regulating the food rice, strengthening the PDS and making the food cheaper

            ·        Broadening the network of ICDS and filling the vacant posts of Anganwadi workers with proper training will go a long way in handling the problem of nutrition in India

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