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Global Nutrition Report 2018
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- The WHO's (World Health Organization) Global Nutrition Report 2018, which has been released recently points out a wide variation in the stunting levels in different parts of the country.
- Nearly one-third of the World's 150.8 million stunted children (who have low height for age) under the age of 5, live in India.
- Globally 150.8 million children under five years are stunted and 50.5 million are wasted.
- With 46.6 million children who are stunted, India tops the list of countries followed by Nigeria (13.9 million) and Pakistan (10.7 million).
- With 25.5 million children who are wasted (low weight for height), India tops the list followed by Nigeria (3.4 million) and Indonesia (3.3 million).
- More than half of the world's children impacted by wasting (26.9 million) live in South Asia.
- 3 million Children in the world over are overweight, while 38.9 % of adults are overweight or obese.
- One third of all women of reproductive age have anaemia. Women also have a higher prevalence of obesity than men.
Global Nutrition Report
- The Global Nutrition Report is the world’s leading report on the state of global nutrition.
- The Global Nutrition Report came into existence following the first Nutrition for Growth Initiative Summit (N4G) in 2013.
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