Survey Finds Wide Variation in Nutritional Intake in India

The back-to-back Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys (HCES), which were conducted during August 2022–July 2023 and August 2023–July 2024, have found a wide variation in average per capita per day calorie intake and average per consumer unit per day calorie intake among the major states.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

"Based on the food consumption data and utilizing the nutrient content values of different food items, estimates of per day per capita and per day per consumer unit intake of calorie, protein, and fat have been generated at various levels of disaggregation, namely, state, sector, fractile classes of Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE), are collated and published in the form of a report entitled 'Nutritional Intake in India'," an official release issued here on Wednesday said.