Nutritional problems in

india

Presented by ,
Mrs.Mayakutty M.Sc(N)
Asst.proffessor
KVCN
Under malnutrition makes child
susceptible to infection and results in child
mortality. This accounts for the 22% of
the burden of disease in India and
adverse.lt affects the economic growth
with an estimated adult productivity loss
of 1.4% of the GDP.

Under malnutrition
Vitamine D deficiency : the most under
diagnosed and under treated deficiency in
the world. In India 60-80% is deficient in
Vitamin D. According to WHO the daily
vitamin D requirement of 6600 IU and can
be obtained by a daily 15 min walk in the
sunlight and yet it persists.

Vitamine D deficiency
Vitamin B complex deficiencies: nearly
80% percent of the Indians have Vitamin
B 12 deficiency

Vitamin A deficiency prevails in

preschooler children.

Vitamin A, Vitamin B complex

deficiencies:
Calcium deficiency: Low calcium intake
predispose to osteoporosis and hyper
parathyrioidism. 20% girls in the age
group of 14-17 in Indian suffer from
calcium deficiency. Calcium deficiency and
calcium deficiency induced osteoporosis
among the elderly are one of the common
causes of bone diseases and deformities.

Calcium deficiency
Zinc deifciency: Zinc deficiency is high
among the lactating mothers. Nearly 50%
of the no pregnant mother and lactating
mother in in India have Zinc deficiency

Zinc deifciency
Low birth weight babies: On average,
28% of children in India are of LWB.

Low birth weight babies:

Protein energy malnutrtion: The
prevalence of stunding among the under if
children is 48%, wasting 19% and
underweight 42.5%.Stunting is more in
rural population and malnutrition is more
noted in urban population. The incidence of
PEM is per schooler children is 1-2%.
Prevalence of underweight children 11.95(<
6 months) to 37.5%(6-11 months) to
58.5% among 12-23 months old children..

Protein energy malnutrtion:

Xerophthalmia: common among
children aged 1-3 yrs. An estimation of
5.6% of children in india suffer from eye
signs of VAS. Overall prevalence of Biots
spots among children aged 1-5 years is
0.8%, which is higher than WHO cut off
point of 0.5%, Overall prevalence of night
blindness is about 0.3% and of
conjunctival xerosis 1.8%..

Xerophthalmia:
Nutritional Anemia: In Indian the prevalence
of nutritional anemia is nearly 50% of the
population. One in two women in india is anemic
including 39% mild, 15 % moderate, and 2%
severe anemia. About 55% of adolescent girls
suffer from anemia in india. According to WHO
the prevalence of anemia in India is about 65-
75% and among preschooler ,pregnant and
lactating mothers, adolescent girls is as high as
90%. The report states that 84% suffered
varying states of anemia.

Nutritional Anemia
Iodine deficiency disorder: Out of 321
districts in India 260 are found to have
endemic with IDD and the prevalance is
more than 10%. An estimated 71 million
people are reported to be suffering from
IDD.

Iodine deficiency disorder

Flurosis: About 62 million people in india
suffer from dental , skeletal and non
skeletal flurosis including 6 million
children below the age of 14 yrs. India
was one of the worst flurosis affected with
large number of people suffering.

Flurosis:
 Diabetes Mellitus: India has the largest number of a
diabetic cases in the world. Over 77 million people are in pre
diabetic state and an estimated 40 million are diabetic.

 Cancer: India reports about 1 Million new cases every year.

India Accounts to 8% of worlds cancer patients., globally
0.5%,15% of cancer in india are for minors. Cancer is the
second most common disease in india.

 Cardio vascular problems: 24 million Indian die due to

heart disease every year. In an estimation of 30 million cases
14 million are in urban and 16 million are in rural. About 25%
of deaths in the age group of 25-69 yrs.

OTHER PROBLEMS:
List the nutritional programs that are
implemented by our government to
eradicate these nutritional problems

Assignment
Thank you