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Malnutrition

Malnutrition

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According to the 2015 Global Nutrition Report: Actions and Accountability to Advance Nutrition & Sustainable Development by IFPRI (released in September 2015) (please click here to access):

• A new national survey—the Rapid Survey on Children (RSOC), conducted in 2013–2014 by the government and UNICEF—found that stunting had fallen from 48 percent in 2005–2006 to 39 percent in 2014.

• India’s 2013–2014 Rapid Survey of Children (RSOC) provides important new data, although the survey results are still preliminary. The preliminary data suggest that India has accelerated its progress on stunting, wasting, and exclusive breastfeeding compared with results from the previous two surveys.

• New government data show that nearly all Indian states posted significant declines in stunting rates from 2006 to 2014, and all showed strong increases in exclusive breastfeeding rates over the same period.

• Nearly all states in India showed significant declines in child stunting between 2006 and 2014. However, three states with very high rates in 2006—Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh—showed some of the slowest declines. Changes in wasting rates are more variable across states (See chart 1).

Chart 1: Stunting rates in 2005–2006 and 2013–2014 in 29 Indian states
Stunting rate
 
Source: 2015 Global Nutrition Report, based on data from India, Ministry of Women and Child Development (2015)

• The states with high levels of stunting do no worse in decreasing stunting than other states. However, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh are of particular concern, with high initial rates of stunting and subsequent declines in stunting that are lower than most other states (see chart 1).

Chart 2: Wasting rates in 2005–2006 and 2013–2014 in 29 Indian states
Wasting Rate

Source: 2015 Global Nutrition Report, based on data from India, Ministry of Women and Child Development (2015)

• While most states show declines in wasting, not all do. Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, and Mizoram show increases in wasting, although the increases for the first two are marginal. These figures should be viewed with caution because wasting rates vary by season even more than stunting rates do. More research is needed to understand why progress in reducing wasting in India appears to be so uneven (see chart 2).

Chart 3: Exclusive breastfeeding rates in 2005–2006 and 2013–2014 in 29 Indian states
Exclusive Breastfeeding rate

Source: 2015 Global Nutrition Report, based on data from India, Ministry of Women and Child Development (2015)

• The all-India rate of exclusive breastfeeding has increased from 46 to 65 percent. In 2005–2006 only five states had rates of 60 percent or higher. Now 17 states have breastfeeding rate of 60 percent or above. Equally important, states with the lowest rates in 2005–2006 have achieved rates in the 60–70 percent range. Bihar, the worst ranked state in 2005–2006, quadrupled its rate of exclusive breastfeeding and is now ranked above 16 other states (see chart 3).

• The prevalence of obesity among both the sexes in India has increased from 4.0 percent in 2010 to 4.9 percent in 2014. Among males, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 2.5 percent to 3.2 percent between 2010 and 2014. Among females, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 5.6 percent to 6.7 percent between 2010 and 2014.

• The height of young children in India, for example, varies significantly by the month of their birth. Compared with children born in December, those born in the summer and monsoon months (April–September) have significantly lower height for their age.

• If there are too many data that are incompatible, then the guidance to action, and accountability for delivering on action, quickly become confusing. India undertook 14 major nutrition surveys between 1992 and 2014, but taken together these surveys provide few opportunities for consistent tracking over time at the national level. In short, more data does not always generate greater clarity to guide action. Data also need to be consistently collected over time, as shown by case study of India. 

 



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