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India on Nutrition
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INTRODUCTION
• India is a signatory to the 27 survival and development goals laid down by the World Summit on children 1990.
• In order to implement these goals, the Department of Women & Child Development has formulated a National Plan of Action.
• Each concerned Central Ministries/Departments, State Governments/U.Ts. and Voluntary Organisations dealing with women and children have been asked to take up appropriate measures to implement the Action Plan. These goals have been integrated into National Development Plans.
• A Monitoring Committee under the Chairpersonship of Secretary (Women &
Child Development) reviews the achievement of goals set in the National Plan of
Action.
• 15 State Govts. have prepared State Plan of Action on the lines of National Plan of Action specifying targets for 1995 as welI as for 2011 and spelling out strategies.
Status of Malnutrition in India:
• India, today is one of the most malnourished countries in the World.
• More than 40% of the World's under weight children below five years live in India (Global Hunger Index 2007)
• The latest NFHS 3 asserts that not much progress has been achieved in improving human resources.
Poverty is a major, but not the only cause of malnutrition
• Percentage of population suffering from various forms of malnutrition, far exceeds the percentage below poverty line
• After National Nutrition Policy 1993 and National Plan of action, 1995 no national programs or policies for eradicating
malnutrition have appeared.
• Today, India has no national programme to
Combat malnutrition
Food and Nutrition Policy
"The Food and Nutrition Policy encompasses the collective efforts of the government )and (other stakeholders to influence the4ecision-making environment of food producer., food consumers and food marketing agents in order to improve the nutritional status of the population."
Key elements for developing the food and nutrition policy
• Sustainable food production, processing, distribution and consumption
• Ensure optimal food quality and safety
• Collective/multi-sectoral efforts for sustainable food and nutrition security
• Achieve and maintain nutrition well-being and healthy lifestyle of the population
Objectives
• Reduce infant mortality rate (IMR) to 28 and maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to 1 per 1000 live births.
• Reduce Total Fertility Rate to 2.1.
• Provide clean drinking water for all by 2009 and ensure that there are no slip - backs by the end of the 11th Plan.
• Reduce malnutrition among children of age group 0 - 3 to half its present level.
• Reduce anaemia among women and girls by 50% by the end of the 11th Plan.
Challenges
• High levels of adult malnutrition affecting a third of the country's adults,
• Inappropriate infant feeding and caring practices,
• High levels of under nutrition, particularly in women and children,
• Micronutrient undernutrition,
• Emerging diet-related diseases,
• Inadequate access to health care.