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Amit Shah urges Western Zonal Council states to tackle child malnutrition
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Acknowledging that the states in Western Zone are among the most prosperous in the country, Shah expressed concern over the prevalence of malnutrition and stunting among children and citizens in these states.
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Pastry artist Rakesh Sahu creates chocolate replica of World Cup 2023 trop
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A Bhubaneswar-based pastry artist Rakesh Sahu and his team have crafted a stunting chocolate replica of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup-2023 trophy to express their love for the Indian team.
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Moradabad: Video of a man performing stunts on bike goes viral
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A reel of a man stunting on a bullet bike in Moradabad went viral on social media, police officials identified the bullet number and took necessary legal action.
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Malnutrition in Pakistan: Over 42 per cent children victims of stunting
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Over 42 per cent of children in Pakistan are victims of stunted growth amid rising food insecurity in the South Asian country, The Express Tribune reported on Friday citing statistics released by UNICEF officials.
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Global Hunger Index doesn't really measure hunger: ICMR
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that the Global Hunger Index (GHI) does not really measure hunger.
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India has made rapid strides in improving malnutrition rates: UN
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], July 8 (ANI): Rapid strides have been made by India in improving malnutrition rates said the UN recently and added that stunting in children below five years has declined from 48 percent to 38 percent in the country between 2006 and 2016.
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Ethiopia, partners launch USD 30 million initiative to reduce maternal mal
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Ethiopian government and its partners have launched a new multi-sectoral nutrition initiative that envisages reducing maternal malnutrition, child wasting and stunting in the country.
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Economic cost of food-borne disease is USD 15 billion per year for India:
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Thursday informed that the economic cost of food-borne diseases in India is estimated to be a whopping USD 15 billion. While wasting (21 per cent), underweighting (36 per cent), stunting (38 per cent) are common among children
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Study links living at higher altitudes to higher levels of child stunting
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 25 (ANI): Children living at high altitudes are found to be more stunted, on average, than peers residing at lower altitudes, according to a new study.
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High prices of healthy food contribute to malnutrition, say researchers
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA), July 23 (ANI): A new reserach has found that the affordability of more nutritious foods is an important factor when it comes to factors likes malnutrition, obesity and child stunting.
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Teen pregnancy in India linked to child undernutrition
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 17 (ANI): Stunting and underweight prevalence were 10 per cent higher in children born to adolescent mothers than in children born to adult mothers.
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Cabinet approves National Nutrition Mission
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): In a move to target the problem of malnutrition, stunting and low birth weight babies, the Union Cabinet has approved setting up of National Nutrition Mission (NNM) with a three year budget of Rs 9046.17 crore commencing from 2017-18, the government said
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