India ranks 170th in terms of anemia among women, according to the Global Nutrition Report 2016.
Central Health Minister J P Nadda revealed this fact during Question Hour in Lok Sabha. He also said that the India ranks 114th in the world in terms of prevalence of under-five growth stunting prevalence among children.
“As per the Global Nutrition Report 2016, India is ranked 114th in terms of under-five stunting prevalence, 120th in terms of under-five wasting prevalence and 170th in terms of anemia prevalence in women,” Nadda said in Lok Sabha.
Nadda stated that during 65th World Health Assembly 2012, Global Nutrition Targets were set for 2025 for anemia in women of reproductive age group and stunting and wasting in under-five children.
“Few challenges facing the global community today match the scale of malnutrition, a condition that directly affects one in three people,” the Global Nutrition Report 2016 states.
“Malnutrition manifests itself in many different ways: as poor child growth and development; as individuals who are skin and bone or prone to infection; as those who are carrying too much weight or who are at risk of chronic diseases because of excess intake of sugar, salt, or fat; or those who are deficient in important vitamins or minerals. Malnutrition and diet are by far the biggest risk factors for the global burden of disease: every country is facing a serious public health challenge from malnutrition. The economic consequences represent losses of 11 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) every year in Africa and Asia, whereas preventing malnutrition delivers $16 in returns on investment for every $1 spent. The world’s countries have agreed on targets for nutrition, but despite some progress in recent years the world is off track to reach those targets. This third stocktaking of the state of the world’s nutrition points to ways to reverse this trend and end all forms of malnutrition by 2030.”
“The report highlights the need to dramatically strengthen the implementation of both policies and programs. Core policies and programs that promote breastfeeding are seriously lagging: only 36 percent of countries implement all or many provisions of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes. No country has adopted a comprehensive approach to regulating the marketing of foods and nonalcoholic beverages to children. Two-thirds of countries have made no progress in carrying out three core WHO recommendations to promote healthy diets (salt reduction, trans- and saturated-fat reduction, and implementation of WHO’s Recommendations on Marketing to Children).”
“In the same vein, the scale-up of direct programs for undernutrition has been slow and inequitable. Mechanisms to coordinate actions across sectors are key to successful implementation, but to make a difference they must be backed by high-level support and human and financial resources.”
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