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2021 Global Nutrition Report (GNR, 2021)

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    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Polity & Governance
  • Published
    25th Nov, 2021

Context

In the recently released report, 2021 Global Nutrition Report (GNR, 2021), India has made no progress on anaemia and childhood wasting.

Key-findings of the report

  • India featured among the 161 countries documented in the report as having made no progress or said to be worsening with regards to reducing anaemia.

Anaemia

  • Over half of Indian women in the age group 15-49 years are anaemic.
  • There has been a rise in anaemic Indian women since 2016. In 2016, 52.6 per cent of Indian women were anaemic. But in 2020, 53 per cent were found to be anaemic.

Childhood wasting

  • India is also among 23 countries that have made no progress or are worsening on reducing ‘childhood wasting’. 
    • Wasting refers to children whose weight is low-for-their height.
  • Over 17 per cent of Indian children under 5 years of age are affected. This figure is much higher than the average for Asia where close to 9 per cent children are affected.  

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