Malnutrition in South Asia - Revision history

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‎Global Hunger Index 2022

Jyoti: /* Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 */

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‎Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021

Jyoti: /* Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2019 */

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‎Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2019

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‎Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2019

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‎Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017

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‎2000, 2006, 2012, 2020

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Jyoti: /* The extent of the problem */

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‎The extent of the problem

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Jyoti: /* 2013: under-five deaths in India, Pakistan */

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‎2013: under-five deaths in India, Pakistan

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	China is among the countries collectively ranked between 1 and 17 having a score of less than five.		China is among the countries collectively ranked between 1 and 17 having a score of less than five.
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		+	[https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ranks-111th-global-hunger-index-2023-erroneous-measure-8980416/ Oct 13, 2023: ''The Indian Express'']
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		+	'' The 2023 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that, after many years of advancement up to 2015, progress against hunger worldwide remains largely at a standstill. ''
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		+	In the index, India has a score of 28.7, indicating a serious level of hunger. The country came after neighbouring countries Pakistan (102nd), Bangladesh (81st), Nepal (69th) and Sri Lanka (60th). However, India fared better than South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara, which recorded a score of 27 each.
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		+	While the rate of undernourishment in India stood at 16.6 percent and under-five mortality at 3.1 percent, the prevalence of anaemia in women aged between 15 and 24 years stood at 58.1 percent.
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		+	As per the index, India also has the highest child wasting rate in the world at 18.7 percent, reflecting acute undernutrition. Wasting is measured based on children’s weight relative to their height.
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		+	The government, however, rejected the index calling it a flawed measure of “hunger” that does not reflect India’s true position.
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		+	The Women and Child Development Ministry said the index suffers from “serious methodological issues and shows a malafide intent”.
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		+	“The index is an erroneous measure of hunger and suffers from serious methodological issues. Three out of the four indicators used for calculation of the index are related to the health of children and cannot be representative of the entire population. The fourth and most important indicator ‘Proportion of Undernourished (PoU) population’ is based on an opinion poll conducted on a very small sample size of 3,000,” it said.
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		+	The ministry said that since April 2023, the measurement data of children under five years uploaded on the Poshan Tracker has consistently increased – from 6.34 crore in April 2023 to 7.24 crore in September 2023.
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		+	“The percentage of child wasting, as seen on the Poshan Tracker, has been consistently below 7.2 per cent, month-on-month, as compared to the value of 18.7 per cent used for child wasting in the Global Hunger Index 2023,” the ministry said in a statement.
		+	The ministry further said two other indicators, namely stunting and wasting, are outcomes of complex interactions of various other factors like sanitation, genetics, environment and utilisation of food intake apart from hunger which is taken as the causative/outcome factor for stunting and wasting in the GHI.
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		+	Also, there is hardly any evidence that the fourth indicator — child mortality — is an outcome of hunger, it said.
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		+	India ranked 107th out of 121 countries in the 2022 edition of the Global Hunger Index (GHI), a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels.
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		+	The 2023 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that, after many years of advancement up to 2015, progress against hunger worldwide remains largely at a standstill. The 2023 GHI score for the world is 18.3, considered moderate and less than one point below the world’s 2015 GHI score of 19.1.
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		+	Furthermore, since 2017, the prevalence of undernourishment, one of the indicators used in the calculation of GHI scores, has been on the rise, and the number of undernourished people has climbed from 572 million to about 735 million.
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		+	The GHI said the compounding impacts of climate change, conflicts, economic shocks, the global pandemic, and the Russia-Ukraine war have exacerbated social and economic inequalities and slowed or reversed previous progress in reducing hunger in many countries.
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		+	With inputs from PTI

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 “People have been severely hit by Covid-19 and pandemic-related restrictions in India,” the report said. Neighbouring countries like Nepal and Pakistan have fared better at feeding its citizens than India, according to the report. PTI
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 The report warned that climate change was causing alarming levels of hunger and making it more difficult to feed people in the world’s most vulnerable regions. Climate change was affecting the quality and safety of food and worsening the nutritional value of cultivated food, it stated. The report pointed out that while there has been progress since 2000, the world has a long way to go to achieve the ‘zero hunger’ target.
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 [[Malnutrition: India]]

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 Now in its 12th year, the GHI ranks countries based on four indicators -undernourishment, child mortality, child wasting and child stunting. IFPRI said more than a fifth of Indian children aged below five weighed too little for their height and over a third were too short for their age. “As of 2015-16, more than a fifth (21%) of children... suffer from wasting (low-weight-forheight) -up from 20% in 2005-2006,“ IFPRI said. Only three other nations -Djibouti, SL and South Sudan -show child wasting above 20% in 2017.
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	The paper cites Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram and Sikkim to point out that states where 80% or more of the rural population has access to toilets also have the lowest levels of child malnutrition.However, child malnutrition rates are high in states like Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, where most households are with-out toilets. Apart from poor sanitation, food insecurity, lack of health care and extremely poor conditions of public health are considered major causes of malnutrition.		The paper cites Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram and Sikkim to point out that states where 80% or more of the rural population has access to toilets also have the lowest levels of child malnutrition.However, child malnutrition rates are high in states like Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, where most households are with-out toilets. Apart from poor sanitation, food insecurity, lack of health care and extremely poor conditions of public health are considered major causes of malnutrition.
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		+	==2015-16: India and Pakistan==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F11%2F30&entity=Ar01300&sk=8C302A03&mode=text Sushmi Dey, 1/3 of world’s stunted kids are from India, says report, November 30, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	[[File: Malnutrition in India and Pakistan- 2015-16.jpg\|Malnutrition in India and Pakistan- 2015-16 <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F11%2F30&entity=Ar01300&sk=8C302A03&mode=text Sushmi Dey, 1/3 of world’s stunted kids are from India, says report, November 30, 2018: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	''Also Home To Huge Number Of Wasted & Overweight Kids''
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		+	India is among the countries accounting for the highest burden of stunted, wasted and overweight children, the new Global Nutrition Report, 2018 reflecting the growing concern around child nutrition in the country.
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		+	With 46.6 million stunted children, India accounted for nearly one-third of the world’s 150.8 million children who are stunted, the report shows. India is followed by Nigeria (13.9 million) and Pakistan (10.7 million). The three countries together are home to almost half of all stunted children in the world.
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		+	This is despite the improvement made by India in reducing stunting since 2005-06. According to the latest National Family Health Survey-4 data, India recorded a 10 percentage point decline in stunting from 48% during 2005-06 to 38.4% in 2015-16. Stunting, or low height for age, is caused by long-term insufficient nutrient-intake and frequent infections.
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		+	Underlining the variation in stunting within the country, the report said India is so diverse from state to state, it is important to understand how and why stunting prevalence differs. “The mapping showed that stunting varies greatly from district to district (12.4% to 65.1%), with 239 of 604 districts having stunting levels above 40%,” it said.
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		+	India also accounts for the largest number of wasted children with low weight for height. India recorded 25.5 million children who are wasted. This is more significant because percentage of wasted children has increased in India. According to NFHS-4, percentage of wasted children under five years increased from 19.8% in 2005-06 t0 21% in 2015-16.
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		+	Wasting, usually caused by food shortage or disease, is a strong predictor of mortality among children under five years of age. India figures among the set of countries that have more than a million overweight children. “The figures call for immediate action. Malnutrition is responsible for more ill-health than any other cause,” Corinna Hawkes, co-chair of the report and director of the Centre for Food Policy said.

	==2017: Unaffordability, not unavailability is the problem==		==2017: Unaffordability, not unavailability is the problem==

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 [[File: Malnutrition in South Asia 2015.jpg| Malnutrition in South Asia: 1990-2016; Graphic courtesy: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Gallery.aspx?id=03_06_2015_008_024_005&type=P&artUrl=STATOISTICS-HUNGER-ZONE-03062015008024&eid=31808 ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
-See graphic, 'Malnutrition in South Asia: 1990-2016'
 ==2005-07: Hunger back to 1990 levels in South Asia: UN==