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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 2 in 5 Indian children missing out on preventive vitamin A dose: Study -Priyanka Sharma

2 in 5 Indian children missing out on preventive vitamin A dose: Study -Priyanka Sharma

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published Published on Jul 31, 2022   modified Modified on Aug 4, 2022

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Vitamin A is important for many cellular processes in the human body that are critical for eyesight, growth and development, wound healing, reproduction and immunity, among others

NEW DELHI: Two in five children in India are missing out on vitamin A supplements designed to prevent health problems associated with deficiency of the vitamin, according to an analysis of representative survey data published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Global Health.

Vitamin A is important for many cellular processes in the human body that are critical for eyesight, growth and development, wound healing, reproduction and immunity, among others.

Overall, 123,836 (60.5%) of the 204,645 surveyed children aged 9 to 59 months (9 months to 5 years) had received vitamin supplements.

A cross-sectional study at a population level was conducted in 640 districts across all states and union territories (UTs) from the data collected during the fourth round of the National Family and Health Survey 4 (NFHS-4) between January 2015 and December 2016.

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