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India’s children are not getting the nutrition they need. Here is a measure that could help
The National Family Health Survey revealed gains made in the last two decades have been reversed. Dec 21, 2020 · 07:30 am A malnourished Indian child finishes her lunch consisting of a special supplementary diet at a Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre. | Indranil Mukherjee/AFP
The key indicators of health and nutrition from the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey, conducted in 2019-’20, paint a disconcerting picture. Gains in child nutrition, reflected in the previous rounds, conducted in 2005-’06 and 2015-’16, have been reversed in several states. With the pandemic and the economic crisis, nutritional indicators are likely to worsen further.