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#Doyouknow Maternal and Child malnutrition are among the current top risk factors for the global burden of disease and account for about one quarter of global deaths. #WHO #GlobalMalnutrition #FAO #ChildMalnutrition #ph260720
more than 50% of Under-5 deaths are preventable and majority of which are attributed to Malnutrition. Child malnutrition is still the greatest nutrition related health burden at global level. .#Under5Mortality #ChildMalnutrition #ph260720
Apart from being a major cause of Under5 mortality, malnutrition in childhood has far reaching repercussions #WHO #ChildMalnutrition #ph260720
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India’s 1st ever nutrition survey of children & adolescents, the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) 2016-2018, finds undernutrition as well as overnutrition, high rates of stunting as well as excess body weight. Both lead to risk of non-communicable diseases. Details:
1 in 3 (35%) Indian children aged 0-4 years were stunted, 1 in 3 (33%) underweight and 1 in 6 (17%) wasted, CNNS found
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Undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies cost $37 billion or Rs 2.37 lakh crore per year in India. Adults stunted as children earned 20% less than those who were not
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These tweets summarise the findings from a recent conference on child #stunting held at @LSEEcHist last September sponsored by @ESRC @cepr_org @LSEnews #globalhealth.

See this video for a summary:

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Here is also a full copy of the #stunting conference report for those who are interested in the details and in references to the most recent research currently being conducted: goo.gl/LcV1S2

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Context: 155 million children around the world are stunted. Stunted children are too short for their age because they experience slower growth because of poor nutrition and high rates of infections. #Stunting is concentrated in Africa and South and Southeast Asia today.

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