Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

MALNUTRITION IN CHILDHOOD AND REHABILIATION PROGRAMMES IN INDIA: A BRIEF DISCUSSION

Mrinal Maity

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 Good health depends upon good food habits and also nutritious food. The foundation for good physical health is good nutritional status. We get energy for doing our daily activities from the nutritious food. Food contains the different amounts of nutrients needed for our body. One kind of food cannot meet all the require nutrients needed by the body; one food may rich contain of one or two nutrients, but low in other essential nutrients. We have to take different kinds of food that will help us to ensure right amount of the nutrients for good health and nutritional status. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that malnutrition accounts for 54% of child mortality worldwide, about one million children. Another estimate also by WHO states that childhood underweight is the cause for deaths about 35% of all deaths of children under the age of five year worldwide. The objective of the study is to identify the main causes of malnutrition in Indian children and the govt. initiative to prevent this. Secondary data is used for the study; it includes different types of health report and health magazines published by the govt. of India. After considering these it is found that the main causes of malnutrition are unsafe water, inadequate sanitation or insufficient hygiene, gender issue and overall poverty. Govt. takes different types of programme like Janani Sishu Surakha Karyakram (JSSK), Navajat Shishu Surakha Karyakram (NSSK), Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) to prevent malnutrition. 

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Mrinal Maity, MALNUTRITION IN CHILDHOOD AND REHABILIATION PROGRAMMES IN INDIA: A BRIEF DISCUSSION, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-11 | November-2017

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