42 Percent of Kids in India are Underweight

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42 Percent of Kids in India are Underweight Aug 9th 2013, 10:47 Giving this information in the Rajya Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said that around 35 percent of women in the age group of 15-49 years suffer from chronic energy deficiency (CED) which is measured as low body mass index. CED in urban areas was present in 25 percent of women, and in rural areas it was present in 40.6 percent women. Tirath said the problem of malnutrition was complex, multi-dimensional and inter-generational in nature, and cannot be improved by a single sector alone. The causes include inadequate consumption of food, frequent infections, lack of availability of safe drinking water and proper sanitation, illiteracy specially in women and poor access to health services, she said. Source-IANS

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