Anand Kumar Singh Parihar , National Institute of Technology
India’s awakening to all forms of malnutrition could be a significant game changer for the world’s prospects of reaching the SDGs. India is home to more than one-third of the world’s stunted children. Latest national family health survey examined the effects of mother’s nutrition, education, socioeconomic factors and association of household structure with nutritional status of children. By using anthropometric indices: height-for-age and weight-for-height, Children belonging to ST caste and lower socio economic status are more severely malnourished and percentage of thin women is high in nuclear family rather than non-nuclear family belonging to ST category and having higher illiteracy rate. Positive relation between household structure, socio economic status and nutritional status is seen in both the states. Better socio economic status of women and literacy programs could play an important role in improving the nutritional status of children and women.
Presented in Session 2. Children & Youth
Anand Kumar Singh Parihar, Mkurugenzi wa Taasisi ya Teknolojia ya Kitaifa, alisema kuwa India ina uwezo wa kuimarisha maendeleo ya afya ya binadamu na kuongeza ufanisi wa maendeleo ya kimataifa. India ni nyumbani kwa zaidi ya theluthi moja ya watoto wenye matatizo ya ukuaji wa mwili ulimwenguni. Uchunguzi wa hivi karibuni wa afya ya familia ulichunguza athari za lishe ya mama, elimu, sababu za kijamii na kiuchumi na uhusiano wa muundo wa kaya na hali ya lishe ya watoto. Kwa kutumia viashiria vya anthropometric: urefu kwa umri na uzito kwa urefu, watoto wanaohusika na jamii ya ST na hali ya chini ya kijamii na kiuchumi wana utapiamlo mkubwa zaidi na asilimia ya wanawake wanene ni ya juu katika familia ya nyuklia badala ya familia isiyo ya nyuklia inayohusika na jamii ya ST na kuwa na kiwango cha juu cha ukosefu wa kusoma. Uhusiano mzuri kati ya muundo wa kaya, hali ya kijamii na kiuchumi na hali ya lishe unaonekana katika majimbo yote mawili. Hali bora ya kijamii na kiuchumi ya wanawake na programu za kusoma na kuandika zinaweza kuwa na jukumu muhimu katika kuboresha hali ya lishe ya watoto na wanawake. Imetolewa katika kikao cha 2. Watoto na Vijana