{"id":29110,"date":"2018-10-24T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=29110"},"modified":"2018-10-24T17:13:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:43:01","slug":"womens-health-crucial-to-combat-stunting-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/womens-health-crucial-to-combat-stunting-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s health crucial to combat stunting: study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Women\u2019s health crucial to combat stunting: study<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A study by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) highlights the impact of women\u2019s health on stunting of children.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important Facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>The study analysed data from National Family Health Survey (NHFS) \u2013 IV<\/li>\n<li>There are 63 million stunted children in India<\/li>\n<li>In May 2018, the prevalence of stunting in India is 38.4% as compared to 48%in 2006<\/li>\n<li>North-south divide: Northern states account for more than 80% of stunted children at 52.6 million. While southern States together account for 8.1 million stunted children<\/li>\n<li>North-eastern and island States account for nearly 2.4 million.<\/li>\n<li>There are wide variations across districts- varies between 12.4% to 65.1%<\/li>\n<li>239 out of 640 districts have stunting levels above 40%<\/li>\n<li>202 districts have a prevalence of 30-40%<\/li>\n<li>Only 29 districts have stunting levels between 10-20%<\/li>\n<li>Most of the concentration of districts with high stunting is in the north and central India<\/li>\n<li>Inter-district differences are reflected in economic, health, hygiene and demographic factors. Parameters related to women such as education, age at marriage and women nutrition largely determines inter-district variations<\/li>\n<li>The study highlights the need for targeted policy intervention to combat stunting. Critical determinants in individual districts should be addressed with a focus on women related parameters<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women\u2019s health crucial to combat stunting: study News: A study by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) highlights the impact of women\u2019s health on stunting of children. Important Facts: The study analysed data from National Family Health Survey (NHFS) \u2013 IV There are 63 million stunted children in India In May 2018, the prevalence of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/womens-health-crucial-to-combat-stunting-study\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Women\u2019s health crucial to combat stunting: study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704822551},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}