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Chetan Choithani
THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS (India)

"...Recent data from India’s National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21) shows that one-third of all children under five years of age are stunted (35.5%) and underweight (32.1%), and child nutrition levels barely improved from the last round of this survey done in 2015-16..."

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Chetan Choithani
THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS (India)

"...Recent data from India’s National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21) shows that one-third of all children under five years of age are stunted (35.5%) and underweight (32.1%), and child nutrition levels barely improved from the last round of this survey done in 2015-16..."

URL to article: https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2021/dec/26/food-security-enigma-child-malnutrition-high-despite-economic-growth-2399843.html