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. ' kournaloftbeAkfibr/izf<strong>Human</strong>AJj/JtçCommision,Wl9,2010<br />
by 20lj,Under-nutrition and malnutrition are stilwidespread.<strong>National</strong><br />
SampleSunrey(NSS)datashow acleartrendofdeclincincaloricintake.<br />
In rurallndia,theaveragc calorie intake percapitaperday fclfrom 226614<br />
kcalin 1972-73 to 2183 kcalin 1993-94.Itfelfurtberto 2149ccalin<br />
1999-2000,among thelowest.30% ofruralhouseholdsin respcctof<br />
consumerexpendifure;thcpercapitacalorieintakc f'elfrom 1830 kcalin<br />
1989 to 1600 kcalin 1998.In 1999-2000,almost77% of the rural<br />
population consumed lessClaen thepoverty linecalorierequircment0f2400<br />
kcal.-f'heaveragecalorieintakein 2004-05acrossthe eightStatcsofKerala,<br />
Karnataka,Tam ilN adu,Andhra Pradesh,M adhya Pradesh,O rissa,<br />
M aharashtraand W estBengalwasonly 1907 kcalaspcrprovisionaldata<br />
released by the<strong>National</strong>Nutrition M onitoring Burcau (NNM B),<br />
indicating a declining trcnd.Furthcr,35.5% adultsin theseStates,sufered<br />
from Chronic EnerprDcficiency and 54.4% childrenin thcage-group1-<br />
5yearswercundernourished with l6.jtyosuffering from severeundernutrition.M<br />
aternaland foetalunder-nutrition resultsin thebirth of babies<br />
with Iow birth weight,which reinfotcesitselfin theabsenceof corrective<br />
m easurc .<br />
H ungerH otspots<br />
The<strong>National</strong>InstituteofNutrition(NIN)Survcy2002,coleted<br />
dctailcd datafordifferentagcgroupsbased on the Recomm ended Daily<br />
A lowance(RDA)specifledbytheIndian CouncilofM cdicalResearch<br />
(ICM R)forspecificageandsexgroups,including extraenergyneededfor<br />
Specialgroupssuch msexpectantand lactating morhers.Therearc 7-ageand<br />
sex groups'forwhich calorieintakedatahasbeen collccted and com pared<br />
with therecommended daily caioriein'takcforthatageand sex group,The<br />
daraishowcvcravailableforonly 9 Sratesof Indiaexcluding largepopulous<br />
Statessuch asUI.Ialthough UP isin thelistofN NM B Statesfornutririon<br />
monitoringand refersonly to ruralarcaoftheseStates.Thefindingsof<br />
thestudy in rcspcctofmcdian caloriesintakeoftheStatesforeach ofrhe<br />
l5 ageand sex groupscompared to thcrespectiveRDA wirh very Few<br />
exceptions,isfarbelow thcRDA levelsin altheStatesforalgroups.ln<br />
altheagegroupsof children:l-5 yrs,4-6 yrs,7-9yrs,theRDA ishigher<br />
than themedian calorieintakein a1thcnineStates,thesccnario forpregnant<br />
women being theworstin KcralaandW estBengaland forIactating mothers,<br />
inTamilNadu,M adhyaPradesh and M aharashtra.
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