Indias battle against nutrition data deficiency

October 25, 2013 13:38

Being underweight is a common indicator of both short- and long-term malnutrition in children, and government workers can help prevent health problems from worsening by catching the signs of malnutrition early.

Yet only 18.3 percent of the over 10,000 government-run child welfare centers in Delhi had weighing instruments for infants, according to a 2011 evaluation study by the country's Planning Commission. Read

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