 Children's nutritional status has improved over the years in Nepal, but the rates of malnutrition continue to be high.41% of children under 5 in 2011 were stunted as a result of malnutrition, with higher concentrations in rural areas (42%) than urban areas (27%) and in the Western mountain (60%) than in Central hill and Eastern terai (31%).Percent of stunting has declined since 2001, when 57% of children under 5 were too short for their age.