Demystifying the micronutrient deficiency burden in India

Bangale, Nikhil; Mahadevaiah, Mahesh; Sudagani, Jaidev; Mylapore, S Sridhar; Bharti, B. B.; Dhandhania, Vinay Kumar; Meitei, Soibam Pahel; Kulkarni, Srinivas; Chatterjee, Arindam

doi:10.18231/j.ijnmhs.2022.017

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“…2 Globally, more than two billion people have micronutrient deficiencies (MiNDs), with approximately half of them residing in India. 3 Due to serious deficiencies in a variety of vital micronutrients, India is currently in high danger of "hidden hunger". 3 Evidence suggests that maternal malnutrition is significantly associated with maternal morbidity, preterm deliveries (babies born before 37 weeks), and small-for-gestational-age babies, and intrauterine growth restriction.…”

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“…3 Due to serious deficiencies in a variety of vital micronutrients, India is currently in high danger of "hidden hunger". 3 Evidence suggests that maternal malnutrition is significantly associated with maternal morbidity, preterm deliveries (babies born before 37 weeks), and small-for-gestational-age babies, and intrauterine growth restriction. 4,5 According to the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) data, 18.7% of women in the reproductive age group are underweight (BMI<18.5 kg/m 2 ), and 57.2% are anemic (<12.0 g/dl).…”

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Improving dietary diversity among women of reproductive age group (15-49 years) through community-based activities across four districts of India

Rastogi,

Choudhary,

Mehra

et al. 2023

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Globally, more than two billion people have micronutrient deficiencies (MiNDs), with approximately half of them residing in India. Nutri-gardens offer the opportunity to diversify a family's diet. The objective of the present study is to assess the effectiveness of growing nutri-gardens in improving the dietary diversity of women and girls compared to no nutri-gardens. Methods: It was a post-test-only comparison with a control group. The intervention and control groups were similar in all aspects except that the intervention group received seeds for growing a nutri-garden. A random sample of 100 adolescent girls (15-19 years) and women per district in the intervention and control groups was drawn from four districts. A campaign was launched to spread awareness of nutri-gardens, a balanced diet, and food groups. The data were collected using a pre-designed semi-structured questionnaire that included a standardized diet quality questionnaire. Results: In total, there were 804 women and adolescent girls. Out of 804, 457 grew (the intervention group) and 347 did not grow nutri-garden (the control group). Women and girls who grew nutri-gardens had 0.38 times higher odds of having higher dietary diversity (≥5) than women and girls who did not. Similarly, women and girls who are educated have higher odds of having a higher dietary diversity compared to illiterates. Conclusions: The study concludes that establishing nutri-garden along with nutrition education improved dietary diversity among girls and women in the intervention areas. Nutri-garden is a low-cost sustainable approach to providing fruits and vegetables daily and meeting their daily requirements.

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