National Nutrition Survey
●National Nutrition Survey
•With the help of UNICEF, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recently conducted the first-ever comprehensive National Nutrition Survey
•The survey recorded malnutrition that included micronutrient deficiencies and details of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol and kidney function in children and adolescents
•Around 10% of children in the age group of 5 to 9 years and adolescents in the age group 10 to 19 years are pre – diabetic
•The survey for the first time proved the coexistence of obesity and under nutrition.
•One in five children in the age group 5 to 9 years were stunted.
•Tamil Nadu and Goa had the highest number of adolescents who were obese or overweight
•With the help of UNICEF, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recently conducted the first-ever comprehensive National Nutrition Survey
•The survey recorded malnutrition that included micronutrient deficiencies and details of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol and kidney function in children and adolescents
•Around 10% of children in the age group of 5 to 9 years and adolescents in the age group 10 to 19 years are pre – diabetic
•The survey for the first time proved the coexistence of obesity and under nutrition.
•One in five children in the age group 5 to 9 years were stunted.
•Tamil Nadu and Goa had the highest number of adolescents who were obese or overweight
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