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India Plans Own Growth Metrics to Curb Child Obesity
Mint Ahmedabad
|August 27, 2025
New standards move away from the WHO charts designed for western populations
India is set to frame its first-ever growth and development standards for children, with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) launching a study in Delhi, Pune, and Bengaluru to confront the recent surge in childhood obesity, as also the malnutrition issue.
The initiative, called UNNATI (Upgrading Norms for Nutrition, Growth, and Development Assessment of Indian Children), will track physical and developmental milestones of healthy children to build India-specific benchmarks.
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हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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