A descriptive study on Malnutrition

Abstract

Malnutrition has become an urgent global health issue, with under nutrition killing or disabling millions of children each year. Malnutrition also prevents millions more from reaching their full intellectual and productive potential. In children, severe malnutrition accounts for approximately 1 million deaths annually 1, with approximately 20 million children under the age of five suffering from severe malnutrition. In India about 2/3 portion of the under five children of our country is malnourished among them 5–8% is severely malnourished whole rest fall in the group of mild or moderate malnutrition so it can be said that malnutrition one of the most wide spread conditions affecting child health.