1. MANTHAN TOPIC:
MALNUTRITION
NOURISH
TO
FLOURISH

2. TEAM MEMBERS
 Abhishek Balwada (TEAM COORDINATOR)
 Yaash Jain
 Anubhav Goyal
 Shashank Upadhyay
 Udit Yadav.
NIT Agartala.

3. Close to 800 million people – 20% of all people in the developing world.
.
Malnutrition: casting long shadows
As a result:
• Malnutrition kills, maims, cripples and blinds on a massive scale worldwide.
• Malnutrition affects one in every three people worldwide, afflicting all age groups
and populations, especially the poor and vulnerable.
• Malnutrition plays a major role in half of the 10.4 million annual child deaths in
the developing world; it continues to be a cause and consequence of disease and
disability in the children who survive.
• Malnutrition is not only medical; it is also a social disorder rooted in poverty and
discrimination.
• Malnutrition has economic ripple effects that can jeopardize development.

4. Causes of Malnutrition
Malnutrition/Death
Inadequate dietary intake Disesase
Insufficient
Household food
MANIFESTATIONS
IMMEDIATE
CAUSES
UNDERLYING
CAUSES
BASIC
CAUSES
Political and Economical powers
Inadequate Maternal
Childcare
Insufficient Health
Services/Unhealthy
Environment
Inadequate Maternal
Childcare
Insufficient Health
Services/Unhealthy
Environment
Inadequate Maternal
Childcare
Insufficient Health
Services/Unhealthy
Environment

5. 1.Poverty
and Illness
2. Inadequate Food/
Inappropriate Diets
3. Manlutrition
and increased
suseceptibility
to illness
4. Sickness and
loss of livelihoods
Death
•In India , Poor people may eat & absorb
too little nutritious food, making them
more disease-prone.
• Inadequate or inappropriate food leads
to stunted development, premature death.
• Disease decreases people’s ability to
cultivate or purchase nutritious foods.
• The downward spiral of poverty and
illness can end in death. And
indevelopement of country
• Nutrient-deficient diets provoke health
problems; malnutrition increases
susceptibility to disease.

6. ... and the cycle
continues
1.better
nutrition
2.Better health,
growth and
development
4. Better quality
of work
3.Better
earnings
Making the most of
opportunities for better health
and well-being
Turning the tide of malnutrition
Combating Vitamin A, Iodine, Iron deficiency
Developing effective food and nutrition
policies and programmes
Guiding food aid for development
Controlling the global obesity epidemic
Promoting proper feeding for infants
and young children
Protecting nutrition in emergencies

7. Development
Of
INDIA
Employment
&
Better Living
Quality & Quantity
Of food
Agricultural
Productivity
Eliminating
Hunger & Poverty
Turning The Tide

8. Innovative Thinking
•
Privitisation
Introduce MNCs
Quality,Quantity,Nutrition of food
Health & Nourishment
Efficiency & Power
‘Healthy INDIA’
Rural
Development
Increased
G.D.P
Development
Of INDIA

9. CHALLENGE
Generating the requisite political will, developing realistic policies and taking
concerted actions nationally and internationally.
• mainstream nutrition goals into development policies and
programmes.
• improve household food and nutrition security,
• protect consumers through improved food quality and safety,
• prevent and manage infectious diseases,
• promote breastfeeding,
• care for the socioeconomically deprived and nutritionally
vulnerable,
• prevent and control specific micronutrient deficiencies,
• promote appropriate diets and healthy lifestyles, and
• assess, analyse and monitor nutrition situations.

10. CHALLENGE RESPONSE
Advanced & Modern
Lifestyle.
Making healthy choices easy
choices
Improper Nursing. Baby friendly Hospitals.
No prospect
of controlling.
Provision of manuals and
guidelines on managing
nutrition in major emergencies
Poor bypassed by more
mainstream development
efforts
Promoting self-reliance &
awareness , govt. policies
without middlemen.
Protein-energy malnutrition
(PEM)
Managing severe malnutrition

11. Percentage of population affected by undernutrition by country, according to United Nations
statistics.

12. .
Mitigation factors
• Awaring the farmers about the concept of privatization in
agriculture
• Good grip of government on officials and service distributers.
• Government should start policies and programmes without
middleman with WHO,UNICEF.
• Aware the people by companions and rallies on malnutrition.
• Advertisement of policies and programmes on media.
• Tie-ups with industries related to agriculture.
• Involving NGOs and industrialists in the policies.
• Agreements and deals with Agricultural MNCs.

13. • "HUNGaMA Survey Report" Naandi foundation. Retrieved 1 Febr.
• "India in grip of obesity epidemic" The Times of India. 12 November 2010. Retrieved
14 February 2012.
• "Malnutrition" Retrieved 13 February 2012.
• "World Bank Report"Source: The World Bank 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-25. "India
Country Overview 2009"
• "2011 Global Hunger Index Report" International Food Policy Research
Institute(IFPRI).
• "NFHS-3 Nutritional Status of Children. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
• "Nutrition and Anaemia". Retrieved 2009-11-26.
• "National Rural Health Mission". Source: National Rural Health Mission (2005–
2012). Retrieved 2009-11-26.
• “wikipedia- malnutrition in india.”
• Global Health and introductory text book, Lindstrand et.al. 2006. (cost of iodizing salt)
• Food and Nutrition Bulletin, Volume 25, Number 1, Supplement 1, March 2004
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