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Distribution Of Iron Supplement To Get A Fillip One out of two adolescent girls suffers from anaemia in India, which has the world's largest adolescent population. Besides, 30% or one of every three young

NEW DELHI: More than 50% of children in 10 states are anaemic, the latest national health survey showed highlighting the unnerving picture of India's malnourished population. Besides children, more than

Also, more than 60 per cent of all women and 53.2 per cent of pregnant women were found anaemic in the state. Over 50 per cent children under five years of age are anaemic in West Bengal, as per the

Diet, Income Issues Fuel `Abnormal Weight' A staggeringly large number of Indians in 15 states are either over weight or underweight, and suffer from anaemia, accord ing to the latest release of Na tional

Hyderabad: Skipping iron rich foods such as spinach, meat and lentils seems to be costing city women their health as a whopping 40.52% of them were found to be anaemic in a recent survey . The shocking

Touted as one the most developed states of the country, Haryana seems to have performed badly as far as key health indicators for the state shown in the National Family Health Survey -4 (NFHS-4) are concerned.

The report says India is off course on meeting reduction targets for stunting, anaemia, adult overweight, obesity and diabetes. Yet another global report pointed out India’s worrying performance on

The number of deaths in India during childbirth accounts for 17 per cent of such deaths globally Nearly five women die every hour in India from complications developed during childbirth, with heavy

In a span of 12 months, there has been almost 20 percent rise in the number of deaths caused by sickle-cell anaemia in Gujarat. In a span of 12 months, there has been almost 20 percent rise in the number

Itanagar: The prevalence of anaemia continues to be a big challenge in Arunachal Pradesh according to India Health Report (IHR) statistics which show that 63.9% of children under the age of five and 56.7%

Nagpur: At a women's health exhibition in the city, across 80% of women visitors (including doctors) were found to have osteopenia, low bone density, which leads to fracture in later life. Some 3% of the

Non-fatal outcomes of disease and injury increasingly detract from the ability of the world’s population to live in full health, a trend largely attributable to an epidemiological transition in

The tribal population In India lags behind other social groups on various social parameters, such as child mortality, infant mortality, number of anaemic women, says the latest annual report of the Ministry

Brain and cognitive development during the first 1000 days from conception are affected by multiple biomedical and socioenvironmental determinants including nutrition, health, nurturing, and stimulation.

In a stark and chilling reminder of the realities of life in India, the recently released family health survey (NFHS 4) results show that over 58% of children below five years of age are anaemic, that

Over half of India’s women are anaemic and one in every five is underweight, reveals National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4) Supriya Gaikwad, 25, holds her daughter who will turn two this May, as she

This study found significant global decreases in all-cause child and adolescent mortality from 1990 to 2015, but with increasing global inequality. In countries with a low Socio-demographic Index (SDI),

The report estimates the costs, impacts and financing scenarios to achieve the World Health Assembly global nutrition targets for stunting, anemia in women, exclusive breastfeeding and the scaling up of

Anemia and malaria constitute major health problems worldwide, especially in tropical countries with low resources (WHO, 2008a, 2008b; Black et al., 2003). Although there are several potential causes

Iron deficiency reduces capacity for physical activity, lowers IQ, and increases maternal and child mortality, impacting roughly a billion people worldwide. Recent studies have shown that certain highly

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