A Study of Protien Energy & Malnutrition and Deficiency Disease among Young Tribal Children's

Abstract

During the last 40 years, many nutrition programs were run in India. These include creating an Integrated Child Development Program (ICDS) and implementing nationwide mid-day meal schemes. But malnutrition and weakness remain obstacles in the country's development process. Physical weakness has a wide side effect on programs related to human resource development, poverty alleviation and social justice. Because of this, the possibilities of education were also badly affected and as a result, the possibilities of professional success also decreased in the future. Malnutrition and underdevelopment of children in India have the potential to yield a manifold return on investment. There is a possibility of getting a return of up to $18 on every dollar invested. India still has the largest share of the world's undernourished population, and was ranked 102 out of 117 countries in the 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI).

India ranks 115th in the Human Capital Index of 157 countries. Due to lack of necessary investment in the health and education sector for a long time, the pace of economic development remained slow. According to the World Bank 'childhood stunting is associated with a 1% reduction in adult height, which causes a 1.4% loss in economic output'. Deficiency in physical development also has a second effect on the generations to come. Even more worrying is the fact that anaemia in women (which stood at 53.1% in 2015-16)  has a negative impact on their future pregnancies. Children of such women are also born with severe anaemia. The limit is reached when even these children get insufficient food.