GUJARAT still has a long way to go on the nutrition front as 38.09 per cent of the population in the state is undernourished, according to the National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report, released by Niti Aayog in July this year. Nearly half of the rural Gujarat population is deprived of nutrition (44.45 per cent), while the figure for urban areas is 28.97 per cent.
According to the Niti Aayog report, backward states such as Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have fared comparatively better than Gujarat on the nutrition front.
Gujarat ranked fourth in terms of stunted children, according to data of NFHS 5 (National Family Health Survey). Thirty-nine per cent of children in the state are underweight for their age.
Furthermore, Gujarat ranked second in terms of wasted and underweight children, at 25.1 per cent and 39.7 per cent, respectively.
This reflects the state's poor performance in terms of health metrics.
This story is from the August 17, 2023 edition of The New Indian Express.
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