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16 Oct 2024

World Food Day: Date, History, Theme, Significance, And More

World Food Day holds immense significance as a global initiative to combat hunger The theme for World Food Day 2024 is "Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future" It stands as a reminder of the ongoing fight against hunger and the need for global cooperation to ensure food security for all

16 Sep 2023

Malnutrition Early In Life May Cause Poor Growth, Death: Study

Children whose growth begins to falter before they are six months old are much more likely to die and much more likely to have severe forms of growth faltering by the time they're 18 to 24 months old.

21 Jul 2023

Malnutrition During Pregnancy May Raise Chance Of Type 2 Diabetes: Study

The study reveals people born during a famine have a risk of diabetes that is more than twice as high.

30 Aug 2021

Afghan children ‘at greater risk than ever’ owing to malnutrition

Afghan children ‘at greater risk than ever’owing to the acute malnutrition crisis. The children had to pay a heavy price as a result of the increased conflict and insecurity of recent times. Around 300,000 youngsters were forced to flee their homes. More than four million children were cut off from schools due to this. Regional Director for UNICEF, George Laryea-Adjei has raised his concern on the issue.

17 Oct 2020

India ranks 94 in Global Hunger Index, placed in 'serious' hunger category

India ranks 94 in Global Hunger Index It has been placed in the 'serious' hunger category Last year, India's rank was 102 out of 117 countries.

31 Oct 2019

Over 80 per cent adolescents in India suffer from hidden hunger: UNICEF

Over 80 per cent adolescents in India suffer from 'hidden hunger', a form deficiency of one or more micronutrients such as iron, folate, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin B12 and vitamin D, according to a new UNICEF report released on Thursday.

07 Oct 2019

68 per cent of under 5 child deaths attributed to Malnutrition: Report

First comprehensive report on nutrition highlights malnutrition to be the leading risk factor for disease burden in India, the worrying trends and the urgent need to address the gaps in all malnutrition indicators. Watch to know more.

02 Aug 2019

822 million suffer from chronic malnutrition, FAO says

New Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu, faces the challenge of mobilizing more public and private efforts against malnutrition, in a clear rise in the world for the last three years.

15 Nov 2018

Doctors cite 'severe malnutrition' as reason for deaths of 3 minor girls

Doctors have cited "severe malnutrition" as the reason behind the deaths of three minor girls in Mandawali in July this year, police sources said on Thursday.

20 Mar 2018

Labourer denied wages, loses two-year-old daughter to starvation

Local administration says help was rushed the moment the plight of the family surfaced. It was, however, too late for the toddler.

19 Dec 2017

India home to over one-third of world's malnourished children, six percent in Pakistan

The prevalence of underweight children in India is among the highest in the world, and is nearly double that of Sub Saharan Africa with dire consequences for mobility, mortality, productivity and economic growth.

North Korean women

20 Nov 2017

North Korean women suffer discrimination, rape, malnutrition: UN

The UN committee voiced concern at rape or mistreatment of women in detention especially those repatriated after fleeing abroad.

12 Nov 2017

States can feed malnourished children therapeutic food: Centre

The central government has decided that states are free to take a call on providing ready-to-use therapeutic food to children suffering from severe acute malnutrition.

10 Nov 2017

Alarming rise of non-communicable diseases reported in India: Study

India like South Africa is currently experiencing the double burden of malnutrition.

08 Nov 2017

India faces serious challenges due to malnutrition and obesity: Report

More than 51 percent of women of reproductive age suffer from anaemia and more than 22 percent of adult women are obese or overweight.

02 Nov 2017

India home to most malnourished children in the world: Report

“About 37 percent of our under-five children are underweight, 39 percent are stunted (low height-for-age), 21 percent are wasted (low weight-for-height) and 8 percent are severely acutely malnourished,” said the study.

24 Aug 2017

Malnutrition, alcoholism behind rise of TB in South India

Malnutrition and alcoholism are the key drivers of tuberculosis (TB) epidemic in southern India, a research based on Puducherry and Tamil Nadu has revealed.

01 Aug 2017

New hope for world hunger? Scientists create food out of thin air!

As per reports, scientists in Finland have claimed that they have successfully created food out of thin air, just by using electricity, carbon dioxide and a few added microbes.

09 Jun 2017

Another tribal infant dies in Kerala's Attappady

The child had only 1.3 kg birth weight and she was born with some defects in the heart valve, Dr Prabhu Das said.

11 Apr 2017

More than 93 lakh children in India victimized by severe acute malnutrition, says govt

During the year 2015-16, out of the 1,72,902 children enrolled in the NRCs, 92,760 were able to successfully recover from the above mentioned conditions.

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