-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...
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Gujarat’s millet production falls drastically -Paul John
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: Gujarat today figures among the few states in the country with high malNutrition rates among it's children and low immunity levels in its general population. Agricultural scientists and Nutrition experts in the country have suggested how effective millet management in Public Distribution System (PDS) and mid-day meal schemes was the key to ensure Nutrition security for small farmers and marginal tribal communities. However, in Gujarat millet...
More »Old but not gold -Rukmini S
-The Hindu India now has over 100 million citizens over the age of 60, five times the number in 1950. Independent India was born an extraordinarily young country. The median age was just a little over 21, and nearly 60 per cent of the population was under 25. With life expectancy just 36 years, the issue of managing an ageing population must have seemed like challenges for the distant future. Much has changed...
More »No national Nutrition survey in last 10 years -Rema Nagarajan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: They may have lower growth rates than India, but Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal are more prompt about conducting regular surveys on the Nutritional status of their population. The last Nutrition survey done in India was ten years ago despite its unacceptably high levels of malNutrition. During this period, neighbouring nations have completed two surveys. There has been no district level Nutritional survey in India since 2002,...
More »No one’s children -Neerja Chowdhury
-The Indian Express The most important priority for any government in India today should be the health and Nutrition of its children. This is a matter of emergency. In many ways, it is more important than even education. Why then has an otherwise sensitive finance minister slashed the budget in the health and Nutrition sectors so badly? The budgetary allocations on health and Nutrition programmes for children, who are the most vulnerable,...
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