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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 50% of India’s pregnant women anaemic: Study -Sushmi Dey

50% of India’s pregnant women anaemic: Study -Sushmi Dey

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published Published on Apr 10, 2015   modified Modified on Apr 10, 2015
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Half of India's pregnant women are anaemic enhancing the risk of maternal mortality as well as chances of delivering babies with low birth weight, according to a study.

The study by Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) shows rising incidence of malnutrition-related diseases among women, as compared to men and children. While incidence of overweight and obesity in women have increased by 34% over past three decades, in men it has risen by 27%, says the study.

A Unicef report of 2013 also lists malnutrition among women as an increasing trend. The report says the dietary intake of adolescent girls is very low despite the increased iron needs associated with physical growth and puberty. India's 2006 National Family Health Survey indicated 56% of 115 million adolescent girls were anaemic.

The trend among women is more significant in states like Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

Experts say the iron requirements in adolescent girls and pregnant women increase significantly because of physical growth like onset of menstruation in adolescent girls. A diet low on nutrition and iron content can make women susceptible to iron deficiency anaemia and its detrimental effects.

"The poor status of adolescent girls in India and their poor diet perpetuate a vicious cycle of nutrition deprivation that passes on from mother to daughters, from one generations to the next," the Unicef report said.

GAIN, in its latest study, points out that anaemia in pregnant women not only poses threat of birth of low weight baby but also stunted growth of such children.

For instance, stunting in children is the result of under-nutrition in the womb and it is also associated with poor brain development and educational performance. The study by GAIN shows 74% of under 5-year-old children in the country are anaemic.

According to Unicef's 2013 report, 48% of 61 million under five children are stunted due to chronic under-nutrition. "There is increasing evidence that significant progress in reducing child stunting cannot be made without improving the nutrition of mothers before and during pregnancy," it said.


The Times of India, 10 April, 2015, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/50-of-Indias-pregnant-women-anaemic-Study/articleshow/46869886.cms


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