Malnutrition and India

Question 1

What is Prevalence of Undernourishment (PoU)?

Answer 1

• focused on estimating the proportion of population facing chronic deficiency of calories
• Estimates of PoU are based on food balance sheets and national surveys of consumption.

-measures the percentage of people who are consuming insufficient calories than their required
minimum dietary energy requirement,

Question 2

Whatis Prevalence of Moderate and Severe Food Insecurity (PMSFI)?

Answer 2

• comprehensive measure of the lack of access to adequate and nutritious food.
• The PMSFI is based on annual surveys that collect information on experiences of food insecurity (such as food shortages, skipping meals, and changing diet diversity because of a lack of resources).
• identifies the percentage of people who live in households that are severely or moderately food insecure.

Question 3

What above 2 indicators speak about India?

Answer 3

• these two reports indicate India to be one of the most food-insecure countries, with the highest rates of stunting and wasting among other South Asian countries
• while 8% of India’s population suffered from moderate or severe food insecurity in 2014-16, the proportion rose to 31.6% in 2017-19.
• India accounted for 22% of the global burden of food insecurity

Question 4

What is stunting,wasting?

Answer 4

• Low height-for-age is known as stunting

- condition characterized by extreme loss of weight and skeletal muscle mass