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First 1000 Days Of Life A ‘Window Of Opportunity’
A focused, targeted approach needed to reach pregnant women and infants, who are at ‘high risk’ of undernutrition.
An undernourished mother is likely to give birth to an undernourished child, resulting in a poor start in life and setting up a life cycle of child undernutrition. Households with pregnant women and children under 24 months of age are at ‘high risk’ of undernutrition. For public health services to catch them right from conception, and regularly follow the mothers/caregivers intensively in the first 1000 days of life for nutritional interventions, is crucial to establish early patterns of positive behavioral change for prevention of maternal and child undernutrition, say India’s nutrition experts.
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Family Health Survey Notes Surge In Obesity In Kids Under 5
Not just children, rise in obesity has even been recorded in adults in the latest NFHS survey in comparison to NFHS-4.
PTI | Dec 15, 2020
The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) has found a drastic rise in obesity among children under five years of age in 20 of the 22 states where the study was conducted, with experts attributing it to lack of physical activity and unhealthy food habits.
According to the NHFS-5, several states and Union Territories, including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Mizoram, Tripura, Lakshadweep, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, have registered several folds increase in the percentage of obesity among children below five years of age in comparison to NFHS-4 conducted between 2015 and 2016.
Govt survey finds drastic rise in obesity among kids under 5 years in 20 states
NEW DELHI : The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) has found a drastic rise in obesity among children under five years of age in 20 of the 22 states where the study was conducted, with experts attributing it to lack of physical activity and unhealthy food habits.
According to the NHFS-5, several states and Union Territories, including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Mizoram, Tripura, Lakshadweep, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, have registered several folds increase in the percentage of obesity among children below five years of age in comparison to NFHS-4 conducted between 2015 and 2016.