In the early 1990s, India and China were home to more than half the preschool children in the developing world who were malnourished, as measured by being stunted or underweight. Since then, child malnutrition has declined in both countries but from different levels and at different paces. Notable differences also exist in the concentration of child malnutrition along the state/province, rural/...

Child malnutrition has long been recognized as a serious problem in India, but national-level data on levels and causes of malnutrition have been scarce. Hence, during 1992-93, a National Family Health Survey was carried out to examine the levels and determinants of child malnutrition in the country. More specifically, this survey estimated the levels of child malnutrition and examined the ef...

More than half of the world’s diseases can be attributed to unbalanced energy intake and to deficiencies in vitamins and mineral nutrients [1-3]. Developing countries pay the major tribute of it as they face serious health problems due to undernourishment of children and pregnant women [3]. Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), also known as proteincalorie malnutrition, is currently the most serio...

More than half of the world’s diseases can be attributed to unbalanced energy intake and to deficiencies in vitamins and mineral nutrients [1-3]. Developing countries pay the major tribute of it as they face serious health problems due to undernourishment of children and pregnant women [3]. Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), also known as proteincalorie malnutrition, is currently the most serio...

In the early 1990s, India and China were home to more than half the preschool children in the developing world who were malnourished, as measured by stunting or underweight.1 Since then, child malnutrition has declined in both countries but from different levels and at different paces. There are also notable differences in the concentration of child malnutrition along the state–province, rural–...

Approximately 21.4 % of Indian population comprises of adolescents. In India, large number of adolescents suffers from chronic malnutrition which adversely affects their health. The study assessed the nutritional status of urban and rural adolescents of Vadodara district and found the determinants of malnutrition. Anthropometric measurements, dietary history, activity pattern were collected on ...