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Malnutrition among
preschool children in AP and other states |
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The figure shows time
trend of moderate to severe malnutrition prevalence among
preschool children in different states, based on weight-for-age.
The figure shows three bars for each state coloured red, green and
blue from left to right. Each bar represents the percentage of
preschool children with moderate to severe malnutrition based on
weight-for-age measurements. Figures at the top of each bar give
the exact percentage for respective repeat survey period.
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Malnutrition
among preschool children in AP and other states.
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Source: Based on Weight-for-age
data from NNMB Repeat Surveys 1975-79, 88-90, and 96-97. |
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The bars shown above
ALL represents the average for the states included in the survey.
Many big states like UP and Bihar are not represented in the NNMB
monitoring system. Hence it will not be accurate to think of the
combined estimate for All NNMB states as the country estimate. In
AP, as in most other NNMB states, there has been an improvement in
nutritional status over the years. Kerala and Tamil Nadu show
substantial and consistent improvement in nutritional status of
preschool children. Karnataka has also shown consistent decline in
prevalence of malnutrition.
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The National Family and
Health Surveys (NFHS) provide an independent estimate of
prevalence of malnutrition among preschool children. Two NFHS have
been conducted in the country so far. Andhra Pradesh has been
covered in NFHS-1 (IIPS, 1995) during 1992-93, as well as in
NFHS-2 (IIPS, 2000) conducted during 1997-98. Unfortunately the
two NFHS reports present wieght-for-age data for slightly
different age groups. NFHS-1 presented data for children aged 4
years and younger, and NFHS-2 has presented for children in 0-3
years age group. So it will not be proper to compare the
percentages from the two surveys. However, the data is good enough
to compare relative position of different states. This figure
compares the prevalence of moderate to severe under nourishment in
AP and other states according to the two NFHS surveys.
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Under
nourishment in preschool children according to NFHS
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Source: Data for the NFHS-1 chart
is from IIPS (1995) Table-10.10 p286, and for the NFHS-2 chart is
from IIPS(2000) table-7.17 p270. |
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The first NFHS survey shows that Kerala
had the lowest prevalence of under nourishment and all other NNMB
states including Andhra Pradesh had a higher but similar
prevalence of malnutrition. The second NFHS survey shows that the
states have some what differentiated probably on account of
differences in interventions and programme implementation in the
interregnum. According to NFHS-2 Kerala continued to show the
lowest prevalence of malnutrition. Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
show similar levels of malnutrition (36-68%). Karnataka showed a
slightly higher level of malnutrition compared to AP. States like
Maharashtra and Orissa had much higher levels of malnutrition
among preschool children.
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Updated by
Samatha Reddy
Dated: 07/08/2003 |
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