Beware before your Child’s Malnutrition becomes incurable!
Is your child losing weight abnormally? Is there any visible abnormality in the development of your child? Don’t ignore! The little one might be a victim of malnutrition. In India, 50% of the 1.3 million child deaths every year is caused by the malnutrition of children below five years, according to the UNICEF. As per a Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) report, the largest number of undernourished people are from India. The World Bank Data also indicates that India has the highest number of children with malnutrition and the figure is double of Sub-Saharan Africa. The child population of 0-6 years in India is 13.1% of the total population. But 43% of this future citizens are underweight However, malnutrition covers both under-nutrition and over-nutrition. So, you should be alert in both the conditions. Both the undernourished and obese become under-performers in different aspects of life and as a result they turn less productive. Some Causes of Malnutrition in Ch