By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women, and older persons
Malnutrition from KAG 2022
The following observations can be made from the above dashboard
- Districts Bagalkote and Belagavi is found to be the worst in terms of malnutrition indicators, while districts Udupi and Mandya are the best performing districts
- In the taluk Rabakavi Banhatti belonging to the district Bagalkote, only 37% of the children in the age group 6-23 months receives adequate diet. Also 21.3% of children belonging to the age group 6-59 months are anaemic
- In the taluk Guledagudda belonging to the district Bagalkote, only 66.3% of children under age 3 years were breastfed within one hour of birth.