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&lt;em&gt;Manmohan calls new report&#039;s findings a &amp;lsquo;national shame&amp;rsquo;&lt;/em&gt;
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A new study based on a survey of the height and weight of more than one lakh children across six States has found that as many as 42 per cent of under-fives are severely or moderately underweight and that 59 per cent of them suffer from moderate to severe stunting, meaning their height is much lower than the median height-for-age of the reference population.
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The findings &amp;ndash; contained in the Hunger and Malnutrition (HUNGaMA) report by the Naandi Foundation &amp;ndash; were described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a &amp;ldquo;national shame&amp;rdquo; at a release function here on Tuesday. Despite impressive growth in India&#039;s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in recent years, the level of under-nutrition is unacceptably high, he said.
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With the government already under attack for drafting a weak food security Bill, the latest anthropometric confirmation of the link between poverty, food insecurity and nutrition is likely to increase pressure on the UPA to be more generous with the poor.
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The report also found that of the stunted children, about half are severely stunted and about half of all children are underweight or stunted by the time they are two years. However, the number of underweight children has decreased from 53 to 42 per cent in the past seven years &amp;ndash; the last study on the subject was done in 2004.
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Dr. Singh said, &amp;ldquo;This 20 per cent decline in malnourishment in the last seven years is better than the rate of decline reported in the National Family Health Survey-III. However, what concerns me is that 42 per cent of our children are still underweight. This is an unacceptably high occurrence.&amp;rdquo;
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Conducted across 112 rural districts, the survey found &amp;ldquo;positive change for child nutrition in India is happening, including in the 100 Focussed Districts.&amp;rdquo;
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The 100 Focus Districts are located across Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh &amp;ndash; states which perform the worst on child nutrition.
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The survey notes that the prevalence of malnutrition is significantly higher among children from low-income families. It found that children from Muslim or SC/ST households generally had worse nutrition indicators.
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Birth weight is an important risk-factor for child malnutrition, says the report.
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The prevalence of underweight in children born with a weight below 2.5 kg is 50 per cent, while that among children born with a weight above 2.5 kg is 34 per cent.
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The survey found that awareness among mothers about nutrition is low &amp;mdash; &amp;ldquo;92 per cent mothers had never heard the word malnutrition.&amp;rdquo;
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Highlighting the negligence shown towards girl children even in their early childhood, the report says the nutrition advantage girls have over boys in the first months of life seems to be reversed over time as they grow older.
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A new study based on a survey of the height and weight of more than one lakh children across six States has found that as many as 42 per cent of under-fives are severely or moderately underweight and that 59 per cent of them suffer from moderate to severe stunting, meaning their height is much lower than the median height-for-age of the reference population.
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The findings &amp;ndash; contained in the Hunger and Malnutrition (HUNGaMA) report by the Naandi Foundation &amp;ndash; were described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a &amp;ldquo;national shame&amp;rdquo; at a release function here on Tuesday. Despite impressive growth in India&#039;s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in recent years, the level of under-nutrition is unacceptably high, he said.
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The report also found that of the stunted children, about half are severely stunted and about half of all children are underweight or stunted by the time they are two years. However, the number of underweight children has decreased from 53 to 42 per cent in the past seven years &amp;ndash; the last study on the subject was done in 2004.
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Dr. Singh said, &amp;ldquo;This 20 per cent decline in malnourishment in the last seven years is better than the rate of decline reported in the National Family Health Survey-III. However, what concerns me is that 42 per cent of our children are still underweight. This is an unacceptably high occurrence.&amp;rdquo;
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The 100 Focus Districts are located across Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh &amp;ndash; states which perform the worst on child nutrition.
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The prevalence of underweight in children born with a weight below 2.5 kg is 50 per cent, while that among children born with a weight above 2.5 kg is 34 per cent.
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The survey found that awareness among mothers about nutrition is low &amp;mdash; &amp;ldquo;92 per cent mothers had never heard the word malnutrition.&amp;rdquo;
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The report also found that of the stunted children, about half are severely stunted and about half of all children are underweight or stunted by the time they are two years. However, the number of underweight children has decreased from 53 to 42 per cent in the past seven years &amp;ndash; the last study on the subject was done in 2004.
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However, the number of underweight children has decreased from 53 to 42 per cent in the past seven years &amp;ndash; the last study on the subject was done in 2004.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;Dr. Singh said, &amp;ldquo;This 20 per cent decline in malnourishment in the last seven years is better than the rate of decline reported in the National Family Health Survey-III. However, what concerns me is that 42 per cent of our children are still underweight. 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A new study based on a survey of the height and weight of more than one lakh children across six States has found that as many as 42 per cent of under-fives are severely or moderately underweight and that 59 per cent of them suffer from moderate to severe stunting, meaning their height is much lower than the median height-for-age of the reference population.
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The report also found that of the stunted children, about half are severely stunted and about half of all children are underweight or stunted by the time they are two years. However, the number of underweight children has decreased from 53 to 42 per cent in the past seven years &amp;ndash; the last study on the subject was done in 2004.
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The prevalence of underweight in children born with a weight below 2.5 kg is 50 per cent, while that among children born with a weight above 2.5 kg is 34 per cent.
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                <div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Manmohan calls new report's findings a &lsquo;national shame&rsquo;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">A new study based on a survey of the height and weight of more than one lakh children across six States has found that as many as 42 per cent of under-fives are severely or moderately underweight and that 59 per cent of them suffer from moderate to severe stunting, meaning their height is much lower than the median height-for-age of the reference population.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The findings &ndash; contained in the Hunger and Malnutrition (HUNGaMA) report by the Naandi Foundation &ndash; were described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a &ldquo;national shame&rdquo; at a release function here on Tuesday. Despite impressive growth in India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in recent years, the level of under-nutrition is unacceptably high, he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">With the government already under attack for drafting a weak food security Bill, the latest anthropometric confirmation of the link between poverty, food insecurity and nutrition is likely to increase pressure on the UPA to be more generous with the poor.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The report also found that of the stunted children, about half are severely stunted and about half of all children are underweight or stunted by the time they are two years. However, the number of underweight children has decreased from 53 to 42 per cent in the past seven years &ndash; the last study on the subject was done in 2004.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Dr. Singh said, &ldquo;This 20 per cent decline in malnourishment in the last seven years is better than the rate of decline reported in the National Family Health Survey-III. However, what concerns me is that 42 per cent of our children are still underweight. This is an unacceptably high occurrence.&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>&ldquo;POSITIVE CHANGE&rdquo;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Conducted across 112 rural districts, the survey found &ldquo;positive change for child nutrition in India is happening, including in the 100 Focussed Districts.&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The 100 Focus Districts are located across Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh &ndash; states which perform the worst on child nutrition.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The survey notes that the prevalence of malnutrition is significantly higher among children from low-income families. It found that children from Muslim or SC/ST households generally had worse nutrition indicators.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Birth weight is an important risk-factor for child malnutrition, says the report.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The prevalence of underweight in children born with a weight below 2.5 kg is 50 per cent, while that among children born with a weight above 2.5 kg is 34 per cent.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>LOW AWARENESS</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The survey found that awareness among mothers about nutrition is low &mdash; &ldquo;92 per cent mothers had never heard the word malnutrition.&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Highlighting the negligence shown towards girl children even in their early childhood, the report says the nutrition advantage girls have over boys in the first months of life seems to be reversed over time as they grow older.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">According to the survey, the mothers' education level also determines children's nutrition.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div>               </font>
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It found that children from Muslim or SC/ST households generally had worse nutrition indicators.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;Birth weight is an important risk-factor for child malnutrition, says the report.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The prevalence of underweight in children born with a weight below 2.5 kg is 50 per cent, while that among children born with a weight above 2.5 kg is 34 per cent.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;LOW AWARENESS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;The survey found that awareness among mothers about nutrition is low &amp;mdash; &amp;ldquo;92 per cent mothers had never heard the word malnutrition.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;Highlighting the negligence shown towards girl children even in their early childhood, the report says the nutrition advantage girls have over boys in the first months of life seems to be reversed over time as they grow older.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;According to the survey, the mothers&#039; education level also determines children&#039;s nutrition.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;,
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A new study based on a survey of the height and weight of more than one lakh children across six States has found that as many as 42 per cent of under-fives are severely or moderately underweight and that 59 per cent of them suffer from moderate to severe stunting, meaning their height is much lower than the median height-for-age of the reference population.
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The findings &amp;ndash; contained in the Hunger and Malnutrition (HUNGaMA) report by the Naandi Foundation &amp;ndash; were described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a &amp;ldquo;national shame&amp;rdquo; at a release function here on Tuesday. Despite impressive growth in India&#039;s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in recent years, the level of under-nutrition is unacceptably high, he said.
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With the government already under attack for drafting a weak food security Bill, the latest anthropometric confirmation of the link between poverty, food insecurity and nutrition is likely to increase pressure on the UPA to be more generous with the poor.
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The report also found that of the stunted children, about half are severely stunted and about half of all children are underweight or stunted by the time they are two years. However, the number of underweight children has decreased from 53 to 42 per cent in the past seven years &amp;ndash; the last study on the subject was done in 2004.
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Dr. Singh said, &amp;ldquo;This 20 per cent decline in malnourishment in the last seven years is better than the rate of decline reported in the National Family Health Survey-III. However, what concerns me is that 42 per cent of our children are still underweight. This is an unacceptably high occurrence.&amp;rdquo;
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Conducted across 112 rural districts, the survey found &amp;ldquo;positive change for child nutrition in India is happening, including in the 100 Focussed Districts.&amp;rdquo;
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The 100 Focus Districts are located across Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh &amp;ndash; states which perform the worst on child nutrition.
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The survey notes that the prevalence of malnutrition is significantly higher among children from low-income families. It found that children from Muslim or SC/ST households generally had worse nutrition indicators.
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Birth weight is an important risk-factor for child malnutrition, says the report.
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The prevalence of underweight in children born with a weight below 2.5 kg is 50 per cent, while that among children born with a weight above 2.5 kg is 34 per cent.
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The survey found that awareness among mothers about nutrition is low &amp;mdash; &amp;ldquo;92 per cent mothers had never heard the word malnutrition.&amp;rdquo;
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Highlighting the negligence shown towards girl children even in their early childhood, the report says the nutrition advantage girls have over boys in the first months of life seems to be reversed over time as they grow older.
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According to the survey, the mothers&#039; education level also determines children&#039;s nutrition.
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42 per cent of Indian children are underweight by Aarti Dhar

Manmohan calls new report's findings a ‘national shame’ A new study based on a survey of the height and weight of more than one lakh children across six States has found that as many as 42 per cent of under-fives are severely or moderately underweight and that 59 per cent of them suffer from moderate to severe stunting, meaning their height is much lower than the median height-for-age of the reference population. The findings – contained in the Hunger and Malnutrition (HUNGaMA) report by the Naandi Foundation – were described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a “national shame” at a release function here on Tuesday. Despite impressive growth in India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in recent years, the level of under-nutrition is unacceptably high, he said. With the government already under attack for drafting a weak food security Bill, the latest anthropometric confirmation of the link between poverty, food insecurity and nutrition is likely to increase pressure on the UPA to be more generous with the poor. The report also found that of the stunted children, about half are severely stunted and about half of all children are underweight or stunted by the time they are two years. However, the number of underweight children has decreased from 53 to 42 per cent in the past seven years – the last study on the subject was done in 2004. Dr. Singh said, “This 20 per cent decline in malnourishment in the last seven years is better than the rate of decline reported in the National Family Health Survey-III. However, what concerns me is that 42 per cent of our children are still underweight. This is an unacceptably high occurrence.” “POSITIVE CHANGE” Conducted across 112 rural districts, the survey found “positive change for child nutrition in India is happening, including in the 100 Focussed Districts.” The 100 Focus Districts are located across Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh – states which perform the worst on child nutrition. The survey notes that the prevalence of malnutrition is significantly higher among children from low-income families. It found that children from Muslim or SC/ST households generally had worse nutrition indicators. Birth weight is an important risk-factor for child malnutrition, says the report. The prevalence of underweight in children born with a weight below 2.5 kg is 50 per cent, while that among children born with a weight above 2.5 kg is 34 per cent. LOW AWARENESS The survey found that awareness among mothers about nutrition is low — “92 per cent mothers had never heard the word malnutrition.” Highlighting the negligence shown towards girl children even in their early childhood, the report says the nutrition advantage girls have over boys in the first months of life seems to be reversed over time as they grow older. According to the survey, the mothers' education level also determines children's nutrition.