India’s performance on key malnutrition indicators is poor according to national and international studies.
State of the World’s Children 2016
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Remember This: According to WHO, infants weighing less than 2.5 Kg are 20 times more likely to die than heavier babies. In India, the national average weight at birth is less than 2.5 Kg for 19% of the children.The incidence of low birth-weight babies varied across different states, with Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh witnessing the highest number of underweight childbirths at 23%. |
Addressing Malnutrition
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