Over 37.7% of children enrolled in Anganwadis are stunted and 17.1% are underweight, according to recent Poshan Tracker data. The Ministry ...

A pilot program in Kamrup District, Assam, aimed at addressing child malnutrition by incorporating nutrient-dense small fish powder into ch...

The opposition party's criticism came after the women and child development ministry said on Friday that about 17 per cent children in the ...

A Lancet study reveals alarming global trends in malnutrition, indicating that over one billion individuals worldwide are affected by obesi...

The government is now planning to cover 1,50,000 anganwadis across 77 districts in eight states by the end of this year.

Based on the 2011 Census data, the total number of children under five in India in 2015 is projected at 12.4 crore.

Short maternal stature, extreme poverty, poor dietary diversity and mother's lack of education are among the top five risk factors for maln...

UNICEF highlighted poor social indicators in Bihar like high incidence of underweight children, households deprived of drinking water.

Yameen Mazumder, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Bihar, said while infant mortality rate in the country in 2013 was 40, it was 42 in Bihar.

While Jharkand has the second highest number of malnourished children (56.5 per cent) followed by Bihar (55.9 per cent), Chhattisgarh has s...

According to UNICEF, every year 1 million children under five die due to malnutrition related causes in India.

Country's score is better than Pakistan (rank 57) and Bangladesh (57) but it still trails behind Nepal (44) and Sri Lanka (39).

ICDS reports a staggering number of children up to the age of 6 are malnourished and underweight attending their day care centre.

Expressing concern at the deteriorating malnutrition situation, the government on Thursday said that the problem needs to be tackled in a "...

The Right to Food Act and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act are altering the landscape for human development slowly, but surely.

One of the least talked about issues in the debate on India's demographic dividend is child malnutrition.

Even Pakistan ahead; country 67th among 84 developing nations in global hunger index