This document discusses malnutrition in India. It defines nutrition and malnutrition, and notes that malnutrition results from an unbalanced diet lacking in nutrients. It then outlines some key causes of malnutrition in India, such as deficiencies in iron, vitamin C, folic acid and iodine during pregnancy that can harm fetal development. Statistics are presented showing India's large contribution to the global underweight burden in children under 5. The document concludes by recommending interventions like community-based nutrition monitoring and creating nutritional databases, and emphasizing that malnutrition can be prevented through optimal infant and child feeding.

3. Presented by –
 Antara Bhadra
 Riman Mandal
On 22-01-2013

4.  What is Nutrition?
 What is Malnutrition?
 What leads to Malnutrition?
 Situation of Malnutrition in India
 What leads India towards Malnutrition
 How Malnutrition can be prevented?

5.  The act or process of
nourishing or being
nourished;
 Specifically , the sum
of the processes by
which an animal or
plant takes in and
utilizes food
substances

6. Mal adjusted nutrition
Malnutrition
 Under nutrition

7.  Malnutrition is the
condition that
results from
taking an
unbalanced diet
in which
certain nutrients
are lacking, in
excess , or in the
wrong
proportions.

8.  Mother is not well-nourished
during pregnancy, she is
unable to provide sufficient
nutrients for the body stores of
the child.
 Iron & Vitamin C deficiency
cause anaemia and severe
anemia can lead to maternal
and perinatal deaths.

9.  Folic acid deficiency in early
pregnancy leads to birth defects
(neural tube defects).
 Dietary iodine deficiency during
pregnancy hinders development of
the fetus.

10. 5%
5%
42%
43%
5%
India's contribution to the underweight burden
(Children under 5 years of age)
Bangladesh
Nigeria
India
Other developing
countries
Pakistan

12. 1990 1996 2001 2012
India in Global
Hunger Index
30.3 22.6 24.2 22.9
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
HungerIndex
(inpercent)
India in Global Hunger Index
The 2011 Global Hunger Index (GHI) Report ranked India 15th,
amongst leading countries with hunger situation.

13.  A computerized Central and Block level monitoring
systems should be devised with deliverable targets
and time frames
 A community based nutrition monitoring and
surveillance through ICDS infrastructure could
include growth monitoring of infants and children
and weight monitoring of adolescent girls and
women
 Creating a data base on the nutritional status of
children, adolescents and women in each
Anganwadi

14.  Malnutrition has a direct
link with child survival
and development
 Malnutrition can be
prevented with simple
interventions
 Optimal Infant and
young child feeding is
the cornerstone

15.  Wikipedia
 Frontline Magazine
 World Health Organization (WHO) & United
Nations International Children's Emergency
Fund (UNICEF)
 National Family Health Survey – 3 (2005-06)
(Nutration Status)
 Naandi Foundation HUNGaMa Survey Report
2011 (Malnutrition by District )