Even though US President George W Bush has accused India of eating too much - a recent study has found that nearly half of the country's under 5 kids are stunted in growth, and 2.2 million are severely malnourished. We are a country, which boasts of a 9.4 per cent GDP growth rate; our cities are building their malls and metros - but on the flipside - nearly half of our preschool kids are undernourished.
Little lives are being lost despite crores of rupees being sanctioned for them.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/impoverished-kids-starved-deprived-as-corruption-rules/62255-3.html
Two million children in India die and turn into statistics every year.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/in-booming-india-hunger-kills-6000-kids-daily/62220-17.html
National Family Health Survey says the rate of malnutrition on an all time high.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/malnutrition-an-ugly-reality-of-modern-india/50153-17.html
National Family Health Survey says the rate of malnutrition on an all time high.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/malnutrition-an-ugly-reality-of-modern-india/50153-17.html
Young MPs in Maharashtra have come together to tackle malnutrition.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/young-mp-brigade-on-new-mission-in-maharashtra/49637-3.html
Malnutrinition deaths on the rise in rural pockets of suburban Mumbai.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/surburban-mumbai-starves-govt-eats-words/45440-17.html
Statistics reveal MP is the worst hit with child malnutrition cases.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/60-pc-mp-kids-are-malnutrioned-un/43425-3.html
Recent reports have revealed that malnutrition has actually gone up despite the 9 per cent growth rate that the country boasts of.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/young-mps-go-on-a-special-mission/37370-3.html
On the one hand, India plans to introduce yoga in schools to fight rising obesity; it also battles malnourishment.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/two-indias-hungry-and-obese/28529-17.html
A study conducted by CRY shows there has been a steep rise in the number of malnourished slum children in Mumbai.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/malnutrition-plagues-mumbai-kids/13627-3.html
Data available with the district health officials confirms that nearly 1,700 children have dies in past one year.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/malnutrition-deaths-near-mumbai/7946-3.html
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