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CHILDHOOD STUNTING IN INDIA
Inches, not just percentages: India’s GDP is rising, but a four-inch gap with China tells another storyCurrent debates in India often focus on GDP growth figures, which can misrepresent the actual development landscape. While GDP is a useful ...- From hunger to obesity: Developing world faces growing threat to child healthChildhood obesity is rapidly increasing in developing nations, creating a significant health challenge. This epidemic is now outpacing unde...
- From kids to adults, no one is safe: UNICEF reveals alarming spike in obesity across India, & the urgent steps needed to fight itIndia, grappling with persistent undernutrition, now faces a surge in childhood obesity, surpassing underweight as the primary malnutrition...
- An early childhood education model that ensures the best possible startCompetitive federalism should extend beyond economic metrics to include early childhood education (ECE). Studies show ECE boosts cognitive ...
- Fortifying soil with essential minerals holds promise in tackling childhood stunting in India, new study revealsA recent study published in Scientific Reports suggests that strengthening soil with essential minerals, particularly zinc, can help combat...
- Study finds adding zinc to farmland soil can prove helpful in preventing childhood stunting in IndiaA study has found that adding zinc to soil in farmland can help prevent childhood stunting, a condition caused by chronic undernutrition, i...
- India's poor ranking in global development indices due to systematic biases in estimates, says a paperThe paper titled 'Reversing the Gaze Re-examining Estimates of India's Development Indicators by International Organisations' said on one h...
- Why International Labour Organisation's maths is unworkableLFPR is defined as the number of women in the labour force, both employed and unemployed, as percentage of working-age female population (a...
- Why application of global standards in India is not correctThe blanket use of the global benchmark overstates India's child malnutrition problem. This is not to suggest that malnutrition is not a se...
- Bear Grylls poses for paparazzi at Mumbai airport, fans call him a 'legend', see viral videoPopular British TV personality Bear Grylls, known for shows like Man vs Wild, has been spotted in Mumbai. In a video shared by paparazzi on...
- India ranks at 94 in Global Hunger Index; experts blame poor implementation, siloed approachThe neighbouring Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan too are in the 'serious' category but ranked higher than India in this year's hunger inde...
- India has one-third of world's stunted children: Global nutrition reportWith 46.6 million children who are stunted, India tops the list of countries followed by Nigeria (13.9 million) and Pakistan (10.7 million)...
- India 170th country for anemia among women, says global reportIndia is ranked 114th in terms of under-five stunting prevalence, 120th in terms of under-five wasting prevalence and 170th in terms of ane...
- Health Ministry's own survey projects bleak pictureAll 15 States/Union Territories have rates below 51 deaths per 1,000 live births, although there is considerable variation among the States...
- CRY launches campaign to raise awareness on child rightsNGO CRY today initiated a campaign to reach out to over 2.5 lakh children to raise awareness about their rights.
- Poverty, mother's health behind child malnutrition in India: StudyShort maternal stature, extreme poverty, poor dietary diversity and mother's lack of education are among the top five risk factors for maln...
- Child malnutrition declines in India but still a long way to goBetween 2006 to 2014, stunting levels in children under five declined to 39% as compared to global level of 24%, according to the India Nut...
- One in three people malnourished globally: IFPRIThe strategies or policy interventions available to resolve malnutrition are not being implemented due to lack of money, skills, or politic...
- India ranks with Africa on nutrition; 50% children underfedThe data shows that almost half of Indian children are underweight and stunted, and more than 70% of women and kids have serious nutritiona...
- Food Security Bill, ICDS can reap the benefits only with proper implementationWhy is it that the country with surplus production of food grain often cannot feed nutritious food to its citizens? Why do we have a very h...
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