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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | What is the cost of childhood wasting and severe acute malnutrition in India? -Sujeet Ranjan

What is the cost of childhood wasting and severe acute malnutrition in India? -Sujeet Ranjan

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published Published on Jun 3, 2021   modified Modified on Jun 5, 2021

-GaonConnection.com

Childhood wasting is a silent nutritional emergency in India as it led to an average loss of Rs 60 million every day from the years 2006 to 2018. Community-based care for management of wasting is highly recommended.

We often read and talk about malnutrition and undernutrition in children. But it is rarely quantified. A recent study on ‘The Severity of Wasting and Severe Wasting’ among children in India, conducted by The Coalition for Food and Nutrition Security (CFNS), a non-profit that works in the field of food and nutrition, has possibly for the first time tried to put a cost on malnutrition.

The study has  estimated there was an average loss of Rs 60 million every day from the years 2006 to 2018 due to untreated childhood wasting in India. Wasting is defined as low weight-for-height.

Besides this, there has been an annual economic loss of around 4.7 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) due to childhood wasting.

Multiple forms of malnutrition keep people from reaching their full potential and reduce the nation’s economic growth. Malnourished children underperform in school, limiting their future job opportunities.

Malnourished adults are less able to work, contribute to local economies, and provide care for their families.

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GaonConnection.com, 3 June, 2021, https://en.gaonconnection.com/childhood-wasting-severe-acute-malnutrition-india-stunting-underweight-poverty-hunger-covid-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR2rJlciljBlA2ncFl777WPY6RChGswSGA2RsYsfwlHYMCs25puGWug8ty4


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