“ Your mother’ s nutritional status affects you in the womb”
“ You are exclusively breastfed for only 1.9 months”
“ You may suffer from stunted growth due to malnutrition”
“ Your mother’ s nutritional status affects you in the womb”
> Malnourished mothers are more likely to have malnourished babies. One in three Indian women of childbearing age is malnourished, and there are an estimated 7.4 million low birth weight babies born in India each year. > Access to sufficient nutritious food and micronutrients during pregnancy – especially iron, iodine, folic acid and calcium – improves the health of both mothers and infants.
“ You are exclusively breastfed for only 1.9 months”
“ You may suffer from stunted growth due to malnutrition”
> An Indian girl will be breastfed for 8 weeks less than the average Indian boy. And from 6 months to 2 years, only 21 % of girls in India are fed an optimal diet to complement breastfeeding. > Exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months and appropriate complementary feeding after 6 months, along with continued breastfeeding, significantly reduces stunting and improves child survival.
> 48 % of Indian girls under 5 years are stunted, 19 % are wasted and 70 % are anemic – leading to irreversible consequences on physical, mental and educational attainment. > The first 1,000 days from pregnancy to a child’ s 2 nd birthday are a‘ Critical Window’ in a child’ s development. Nutrition interventions during this time can prevent stunting and have a significant and sustained impact on the child’ s life.
All data from: International Institute for Population Sciences( IIPS) and Macro International. 2007. National Family Health Survey( NFHS-3), 2005 – 06: India: Volume I. Mumbai: IIPS”
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