Charmed Circle

Chandra Sekhar Kundu serves a wholesome meal to children in Asansol

Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan with Secretary, (H&FW), Preeti Sudan (R) inaugurates a ‘Poshan Maah 2019’ (National Nutrition Month) programme, at Nir...

Bollywood actress and BJP MP Hema Malini during the inauguration of 'Nutrition Rally' of Anganwadi workers, in Mathura

Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Smriti Irani with Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma visits 'Umdihar Anganwadi Centre' to oversee the implementation of 'Poshan Abhiy...

Taboo-Busting

A Poshan workshop at a village in Murshidabad, West Bengal

Twenty-three percent of women age 15-49 are thin, 21 percent are overweight or obese, and 56 percent have a Body Mass Index (BMI) in the normal range. Eleven percent of women age 1...

Between 2005-06 and 2015-16, the prevalence of anaemia among children age 6-59 months declined from 70 percent to 59 percent, but continued to be higher among rural children.

A child at the malnutrition ward at the Community Health Centre in Baran District, Rajasthan.

Malnourished child from Sahariya Tribe at Kelwada Panchayat, Baran district, Rajasthan. In India, 46.6 million children are impacted by wasting, according to Global Nutrition Repor...

Malnourished children at a village in Lalitpur district in Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand region. The problem of malnutrition in India remains severe.

A child suffering from malnutrition in Baran district, Rajasthan. According to a report, India has one-third of world's stunted children.

A child suffering from malnutrition in Baran district in Rajasthan.

A malnourished child at a community health center in Baran District in Rajasthan. according to a global nutrition report, India holds almost a third of the world's burden for stunt...

A woman carries her son outside her home at a village in Bundelkhand's Lalitpur district. In Lalitpur, almost all children are malnourished.

An old woman looks on her ill grandson in Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand. According to the Global Nutrition Report published recently, India accounts for 25.5 million children who are...