Poshan Data: State Nutrition Profiles

FOCUS

POSHAN (Partnership and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India) data notes aim to compile information that can help support policy and program decisions for tackling malnutrition in all its forms in India. These profiles of nutrition levels across states and union territories in India were published in 2023.and 2022. The study is led by International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, with partnerships with UNICEF, Niti Aayog, Institute of Economic Growth, and International Institute of Population Science. 

The POSHAN data notes cover indicators and determinants of health and nutrition such as anemia among pregnant women, drinking water source and stunting among children. It lays emphasis on data at the district level along with overall State/UT information. In each data note of a State/UT, 5 major figures are featured: Trends in undernutrition outcomes (Figure 1); Trends in obesity and non-communicable diseases (Figure 2); Trends in immediate determinants (Figure 3); Trends in underlying determinants (Figure 4); Trends in coverage of interventions across the first 1000 days (Figure 5).

    FACTOIDS

  1. The highest recorded stunting levels among children below the age of 5 is in Uttar Pradesh. According to UNICEF, a stunted child is too short for his/her age and does not show proper bodily development. Stunting is the result of severe undernutrition during critical periods of growth. In Uttar Pradesh, he highest burdened districts are Sitapur (2,97,005 affected children) and Budaun (2,92,641 affected children).

  2. Anemia is a condition in which the number of red blood cells or the haemoglobin in blood is lower than normal. In Uttar Pradesh, the highest burdened districts for anemia among children less than 5 years of age are Moradabad (4,02,379 children) and Agra (3,72,500 children).

  3. Food supplementation level is the share of women 15-49 years of age with a child less than 6 years of age who received food supplements from ICDS during pregnancy. Odisha has 95.6 per cent coverage of food supplementation during pregnancy while Nagaland has 23.4 per cent of supplementation levels. Food supplements are concentrated sources of nutrients or other substances with a nutritional or physiological effect.

  4. Consumption of Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) for 100 or more days is a maternal health determinant. It is consumed to reduce the risk of low birth weight, maternal anemia and iron deficiency. Kerala has one of the highest consumption rate of IFA with 95 percent coverage in Tiruppur district.


    Focus and Factoids by Devanshi Parekh.

AUTHOR

International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi

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International Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi

PUBLICATION DATE

2023

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#nutrition #maternal-and-child-health #poshan-data

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