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INDIA HEALTH REPORT: NUTRITION 201
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KEY MESSAGES
Stunting, wasting and underweight rates of India's children have declined, especially during the last
decade, but still exceed levels observed in countries at similar income levels.
KEY MESSAGE: 1
The rate of improvement in nutritional status has not kept pace with India's significant gains in economic
prosperity and agricultural productivity during recent decades. Stunting rates are likely to decline with
economic progress, but economic growth cannot, by itself, reduce undernutrition and may contribute to
overweight and obesity.
KEY MESSAGE: 2
Nutritional status and progress on reducing stunting vary markedly across India's states indicating that state-specific approaches are necessary to achieve
further gains in reducing stunting.
KEY MESSAGE: 3
The underlying reasons for India's high rates of stunting and variability in progress are complex and intertwined.
KEY MESSAGE: 4
India ignores the problem of undernutrition and its impact on child development at its peril and risks large economic, health and social consequences for future
generations.
KEY MESSAGE: 5
India's undernutrition problem is a serious threat to child development. Accelerating action at the state-
level is essential to change the course of the future for India's children.
KEY MESSAGE: 6
FIGURE 1. TRENDS IN NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN INDIA, 1993 to 2014
FIGURE 2. PREVALENCE OF UNDER-5 STUNTING AND LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BY COUNTRY
FIGURE 3. AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF REDUCTION IN UNDER-5 STUNTING, 2005 to 2014, BY COUNTRY
FIGURE 4. STUNTING, WASTING AND UNDERWEIGHT PREVALENCE IN UNDER-5 CHILDREN, BY GLOBAL REGIONS
FIGURE 5. PER CAPITA INCOME AND PREVALENCE OF STUNTING IN UNDER-5 CHILDREN, BY STATE
FIGURE 6. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND PREVALENCE OF STUNTING IN UNDER-5 CHILDREN IN INDIA
FIGURE 7. PREVALENCE OF STUNTING IN UNDER-5 CHILDREN, BY STATE
FIGURE 8. PREVALENCE OF STUNTING IN UNDER-5 CHILDREN IN 2014 AND ANNUAL RATE OF REDUCTION,
2006 TO 2014, BY STATE
FIGURE 9. PREVALENCE OF WASTING IN UNDER-5 CHILDREN, BY STATE
FIGURE 10. PREVALENCE OF UNDERWEIGHT IN UNDER-5 CHILDREN, BY STATE
FIGURE 11. PREVALENCE OF ANEMIA IN CHILDREN (6-59 MONTHS) AND WOMEN (15-49 YEARS), BY STATE
FIGURE 12. PREVALENCE OF STUNTING, WASTING AND UNDERWEIGHT IN UNDER-5 CHILDREN,
BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
FIGURE 13. STUNTING PREVALENCE IN UNDER-5 CHILDREN AND AVERAGE AGE OF MARRIAGE OF WOMEN
COMPARATIVE INDICATORS
1. CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS WHO ARE STUNTED
2. CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS WHO ARE WASTED
3. INFANTS 0-5 MONTHS OLD WHO ARE EXCLUSIVELY BREASTFED
4. CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS WHO WERE LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
5. WOMEN 15-49 YEARS OLD WITH ANEMIA
6. CHILDREN 6-59 MONTHS OLD WITH ANEMIA
7. ADOLESCENT GIRLS 15-18 YEARS OLD WITH LOW BODY MASS INDEX
8. INFANTS 6-8 MONTHS OLD WHO RECEIVE SOLID, SEMI-SOLID OR SOFT FOODS
9. MINIMUM DIET DIVERSITY DURING COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING
(FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN 6-23 MONTHS OLD)
10. CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS WITH DIARRHEA IN 15 DAYS PRIOR TO SURVEY
11. MOTHERS OF CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS OLD WHO RECEIVED THREE OR MORE ANTENATAL CHECKUPS
12. CHILDREN 12-23 MONTHS OLD WHO ARE FULLY IMMUNIZED
13. CHILDREN 6-35 MONTHS OLD WHO RECEIVED SUPPLEMENTARY FOOD UNDER ICDS FOR AT LEAST 21 DAYS IN THE MONTH PRIOR TO THE SURVEY
14. CURRENTLY MARRIED WOMEN WITH 10 OR MORE YEARS OF SCHOOLING
15. WOMEN AGED 20-24 YEARS WHO WERE MARRIED BEFORE THE AGE OF 18
16. OPEN DEFECATION
17. POPULATION BELOW STATE-SPECIFIC POVERTY LINE
18. STATES THAT HAVE A NUTRITION MISSION