People can be malnourished if their diet does not provide adequate calories, protein, or nutrients for growth and maintenance, or if they are unable to utilize the food they eat due to illness, leading to undernutrition. They can also be malnourished if they consume too many calories, leading to overnutrition. The document discusses undernutrition due to lack of nutrients as well as overnutrition which can cause obesity.

1. MALNUTRITION

2. MALNUTRITION
PEOPLE ARE MALNOURISHED IF THEIR DIET DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE
CALORIES AND PROTEIN FOR GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE OR THEY ARE UNABLE TO
FULLY UTILIZE THE FOOD THEY EAT DUE TO ILLNESS (UNDERNUTRITION). THEY ARE
ALSO MALNOURISHED IF THEY CONSUME TOO MANY CALORIES (OVERNUTRITION).”
Type of
Malnutrition
Specific
Deficiency
Under
Nutrition
Over
nutrition
Imbalance
Types of
Malnutrition
Under nutrition
Lack of nutrients
Low income
countries
Over nutrition
Obesity
High and
middle income
countries

3. Why it is important to address
Malnutrition ?
 Hunger and malnutrition kill more people every year than
AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis combined.
 Every 5 seconds, a child dies of hunger.
 More than 15,000 children under age 5 perish daily from
malnutrition.
 Al ost a ua te of the o ld’s hu ge icti s li e i Af ica.
 Malnutrition accelerates AIDS.
 Malnutrition is implicated in more than half of all child deaths
worldwide – a proportion unmatched by any infectious disease
since the Black Death.

4. Situation of Malnutrition in India Severity Prevalence
of GAM
Acceptable <5%
Poor 5-9%
Serious 10-14%
critical >=15%
 India may loose $46 billion due to malnutrition by
2030.
 2 billion people suffer from iron deficiency.
 Malnutrition is a contributing factor in over 50% of
deaths i child e u de fi e.”
 Globally nearly 20 million children suffer from severe
acute malnutrition.
 Severe acute malnutrition contributes to 1 million
child deaths every year.
 India is far from being a homogeneous country in
terms of malnutrition.

5. Causes of Malnutrition
r
Underlying
Causes
Basic
Causes
 Illiteracy , specially in women
 Poor access to health services
 Lack of availability of safe drinking
water.
 Poor breastfeeding practices.
 Poor sanitation and environmental
conditions.
 Teenage pregnancies resulting in
low birth weight of newborns.
 Ignorance about nutritional needs of
infants.

6. Types of malnutrition Weight loss
Immunity
lowered
Growth faltering
Mucosa
damaged
Disease:
Incidence
Severity
Duration
Apetite loss
Nutrient Loss
Malabsorbtion
Altered
metabolism
Inadequate
Dietary Intake
The evil cycle of
Malnutrition
 Acute malnutrition
 Kwashiorkor
 Marasmus
 Chronic malnutrition
 Wasting

7. 48
20
43
Stunted
Wasted
Underweight
% children below 5 years
What leads to Malnutrition in
India ?

8. How Malnutrition can be prevented?
Child Survival
Growth Development
 Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended to 6 months of age and
complementary after 6 months.
 Provide quality care for children with severe under-nutrition.
 Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative.
 Properly Fed: Active feeding method and proper frequency acc. to age.
 Safe: Should be hygienically prepared, stored and fed.
 Control micronutrient deficiencies and anemia in adolescent girls
and women.
Adequate and proper diet (food) Calories, Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats,
Minerals and Vitamins.

9. Conclusion
 Malnutrition has a direct link with child survival and
development.
 Good nourishment is the right of every child, and the
state must ensure proper nutrition for all children.
 To realize the potential of demographic dividend, India
must ensure that its children grow healthily.
 Economic growth of 9% can not guarantee good health
to the citizens if the state do not take pains to
redistribute wealth properly to make India a safer
place for its children to grow with dignity.

10. SOURCES
• Google.com
• Wikipedia
• insightonindia.com
• WHO
• UNICEF
• The Times of India
• NDTV
• Healthissuesindia.com
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