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	- About 17% of children in the age group of 0-5 years are underweight, while 36% are stunted and 6% are wasted.
 
	- Around 8.57 crore children under 6 years were measured.
 
	- Out of whom 35% were found to be stunted, only 17% were found to be underweight and only 6% children under 5 years were found to be wasted.
 
	- Uttar Pradesh exhibits the highest stunting rate at 46.36%, closely followed by Lakshadweep at 46.31%. 
 
	- Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh also report alarming stunting rates at 44.59% and 41.61%, respectively.
 
	- Wasting is most severe in Lakshadweep, with 13.22% of children affected. 
 
	- Bihar and Gujarat also show the high wasting rates at 9.81% and 9.16%, respectively.
 
	- In terms of underweight children, Madhya Pradesh leads with 26.21%, followed by Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu at 26.41%. 
 
	- Lakshadweep again shows a rate of 23.25%.
 
	- Goa reports the lowest stunting rate at 5.84%, wasting at 0.85%, and underweight children at 2.18%.
 

                                 
                            
                                
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