Telling Numbers: Half of India’s children suffer from malnutrition, says UNICEF

UNICEF report found that one in three children under the age of five years — around 200 million children worldwide — are either undernourished or overweight. And in India, every second child is affected by some form of malnutrition.

Half of India’s children suffer from malnutrition: UNICEF

The UNICEF report found that in India, every second child is affected by some form of malnutrition. (Express photo: Deepak Joshi/File)

On Tuesday, UNICEF released its State of the World’s Children report for 2019. The first UNICEF report in 20 years on child nutrition, it comes on the heels of the Global Hunger Index report released by the organisation Welthungerhilfe. The UNICEF report found that one in three children under the age of five years — around 200 million children worldwide — are either undernourished or overweight. And in India, every second child is affected by some form of malnutrition.