Geneva, Jun 25 (UNI) The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that malnutrition amongst children in India remained high despite progress made in food security and if current trends continued, 31 per cent of children would be stunted in 2022.
During UN Geneva regular press briefing on Tuesday, Herve Verhoosel, senior spokesperson for the UN World Food Programme, said that the latest findings from the joint WFP-Government of India 2019 Nutrition Security Analysis Report indicated that despite positive trends and patterns in improving food security, malnutrition rates were well below acceptable levels, with large number of people, especially women and children, suffering from micronutrient -- Vitamin A, iron and iodine -- deficiency.
"Today, I would like to highlight the newly released findings of the 2019 National food and Nutrition Security Analysis report, developed in partnership between the UN World Food Programme and the Government of India's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.