Global Nutrition Report and the Nutritional Issues in India


The Global Nutrition Report came into existence following the first Nutrition for Growth Initiative Summit (N4G) in 2013. The Global Nutrition Report was devised as a mechanism for tracking the commitments made by 100 stakeholders spanning governments, aid donors, civil society, the UN and businesses.Need for IP at Universities

Background

The health, longevity and well-being of Indians have improved since Independence, and the high levels of economic growth over the past two-and-half-decades have made more funds available to spend on the social sector. However, India has the highest number of ‘stunted’ children in the world and nearly a third of all stunted children worldwide are to be found in India.
  • Article 47 of the Constitution states that it is “duty of the state to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living and to improve public health”.
  • According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), 842 million people are suffering from chronic hunger. The food they consume isn’t sufficient to provide the minimum dietary energy requirement for leading a normal, active and healthy life.
  • Despite being one of the fastest growing economies in the world, India has been ranked at 103 out of 119 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2018. The hunger levels have been categorised as “serious”.
  • National Family Health Survey-4 data :
    • 38% of children are stunted
    • 35.7% are underweight in India
    • 21% of children under the age of five are wasted (low weight for height),

Highlights of the report

  • Globally, Stunting among children aged under five has fallen from 32.6 per cent in 2000 to 22.2 per cent in 2017.
  • One third of all women of reproductive age have anaemia.
  • Women also have a higher prevalence of obesity than men.
Location: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

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