Causes Of Malnutrition In India

Sir I am 11th class student and I have to give a presentation on the causes of malnutrition in India at my schools so can you can you please provide some details

Hey buddy the malnutrition in India is due to the lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat


Causes of Malnutrition in India

The causes for malnutrition are various and are multidimensional. To sum up, they include:

Teenage pregnancies resulting in low birth weight of the newborns

Poor breastfeeding practices

Poor complementary feeding practices

Ignorance about nutritional needs of infants and young children

Household food insecurity

illiteracy specially in women

Poor access to health services
Lack of availability of safe drinking water

Poor sanitation and environmental conditions and low purchasing power etc.

Early marriages of girls


Number of other factors such as environmental, geographical, agricultural, and cultural including various other factors have contributive effects resulting in malnutrition.

Government schemes for the Suppression of Malnutrition

Rajiv Gandhi Schemes for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG) namely
SABLA and

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme,

National Rural Health Mission (NRHM),

Mid-Day Meal Scheme,

Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojna (IGMSY)

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