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Child nutrition in India
August 24 , 2025
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- India’s healthiest children live in its north-eastern states and Kerala.
- The Gangetic belt states have among India’s least healthy children.
- As per the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) 37% of children under five are stunted.
- It is slightly lower than the 38.4% recorded in 2016.
- Nearly 7% of women aged 15-19 having begun childbearing.
- Only 11% of children under two receive a minimum acceptable diet combining diversity and frequency.
- Only 64% of infants under six months are exclusively breastfed.
- Caesarean deliveries, rising to over 22% in 2021, disrupt early breastfeeding initiation, affecting infant nutrition.
- Tamil Nadu ranked 11th in Overall child health ranking.
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