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Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023
December 16 , 2023
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- The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations launched the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023: Statistics and Trends.
- 74.1% of Indians were unable to afford a healthy diet in 2021.
- In 2020, the percentage was 76.2.
- In Pakistan, the figure is 82.2% and in Bangladesh, 66.1% of the population faced difficulties in finding healthy food.
- Rising food costs, if not matched by rising income, will lead to more people unable to afford a healthy diet.
- The report said 16.6% of the country’s population is undernourished.
- 31.7% of children of the country under five years of age suffered with stunted growth.
- For wasting (low weight for height), India recorded the highest rate in the region with 18.7% children under five years of age facing this major health problem.
- The report noted that 2.8% of the children below five years were overweight.
- 53% of the country’s women aged between 15 to 49 had anaemia, which was the largest prevalence rate in the region in 2019.
- On exclusive breastfeeding among infants 0–5 months of age, India has improved the prevalence with a percentage of 63.7%.
- This is higher than the world prevalence – 47.7%.
- India has the highest prevalence of low birthweight in the region (27.4%), followed by Bangladesh and Nepal.
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