Nutrition and food: Nourish the thought

We need to ensure that with policy-driven incentives, better supply chains and education, the right food choices are made from farm to fork.
Share
Join Sattva's mailing list
Get Sattva updates in your inbox every month.

Nutrition and food: Nourish the thought

What’s cooking in our country’s kitchens? More importantly, is it making us healthy and strong? Apparently not. The 2019 Global Hunger Index (bit.do/fyBFA) placed India 102nd out of 117 countries. For long, India has carried the burden of being home to the largest number of the world’s stunted (having low height for age) and wasted (having low weight for height) children. According to the National Family Health Survey-4 2015-16 (bit.do/fyBF5), the percentage of stunting is around 35%, and 21% for wasting, among children under the age of five.

More recent data from the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) 2016-18 (bit.do/fyBGA) reports some improvements. But the picture remains dismal. Half of India’s women remain anaemic, carrying over the problems of anaemia and undernourished babies into the next generation.

We have been a self-governing nation for over 72 years now. Nobody has been starving us. Clearly, we have more food available to us than what we had in the 1950s.

——————
This was originally published in Economic Times. You can read the full article, here.

—————–
Powered by data from India Data Insights. Sattva has been working with various non-profits and social organisations as well as corporate clients to help them define their social impact goals. Our focus is to solve critical problems and find scalable solutions. We assist organisations in formulating their long-term social impact strategy by strategically aligning with business to provide meaningful solutions to social issues.


We’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback on this topic. Do write to us: impact@sattva.co.in

Share
Join Sattva's mailing list
Get Sattva updates in your inbox every month.

Similar Quick Reads

  • View:

Please enter your email ID and your organisation’s name to receive the download link.

*We do not not spam or share your information with any third party. Refer to our Privacy Policy for details.

Share your feedback!

*We do not not spam or share your information with any third party. Refer to our Privacy Policy for details.

Thank you for filling out your information!