India is among those countries in the world with the highest recorded numbers of undernourished and malnourished people.As the country aspires to fulfil its economic and social development goals, how will we solve this humongous problem?
India, a progressive nationis said to have immense potential to lead the world in many ways. Its science and technological advancements, infrastructure development, burgeoning business environment, increasing foreign relations and trade collaborations, growing political influence over many emerging markets, education and lifestyle progress have all been great contributors to its growth story. Howbeit, experts believe that the disparity in health economics can act as a serious deterrent to this progress. Disparity in terms of rural-urban health infrastructure, differentiating health indices within states, rising NCDs, disproportionate nutrition level, varying social determinants that impact health outcomes, etc., are poignant concerns.
Amongst these, nutrition related conditions such as under-nutrition—obesity and malnutrition is said to be a major cause of concern that stunts India's economic growth ambitions.
Socio-economic impact of malnutrition
Ironically, in our country we have both forms of malnutrition- undernutrition and overweight obesity and as per various studies, and expert reviews both these forms co-exist with multiple micronutrient deficiencies.
For instance, India houses the second highest number of obese children in the world at 14.5 million after China, which has 57 million. Also, we have the highest population of stunted (low height for age) kids - 48.2 million. Similarly, statistics compiled by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) show that while the SubSaharan countries of Africa have the highest prevalence of hunger, in absolute terms, India has the highest number (one quarter) of undernourished (hungry) people in the world (194.6 million or 15 percent of India’s total population during 2014-16).
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