Abstract
According to Nutritional Intake Survey Series, conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), there has been slow, but steady decline in consumption of calories and proteins, but the consumption of fat has been increasing both in rural and urban India. Unlike calorie and protein, the difference in fat intake between rural and urban areas is pronounced. In the country,the States belonging to north eastern region seem to be lagging in terms of nutritional intake when compared to the national average. Among calorie, protein and fat, it is the protein where relatively lesser number of States in the country have exhibited positive trend during 2004-05 and 2011-12. In terms of calorie intake, about 39 per cent of country's population remains undernourished. However, there has been a decrease of about 33 million people who registered to have deficient intake of calories during 2004-05 and 2011- 12. With rise in food expenditure among rural and urban masses, there has been less than proportionate increase in calorie, protein and fat intake. Yet, relatively higher propensity has been witnessed to consume more of fat with the rise in food expenditure.
Highlights
Even after witnessing substantial progress in most of our endeavours like technology, art, science, defence, industrialisation, etc., ironically the most basic needs of vast majority population of the country are yet to be fulfilled,i.e.,availability and affordability of a nutritious and healthy meal.India’s economy has grown rapidly, especially since 1990s and has been evolving constantly, in relation to the inclusiveness of this growth process
The report mainly focuses on the quantity of energy measured in kilo calories (Kcal) being consumed, nutrients like protein, fat and their sources among various socio-economic classes for the country as a whole and at the State level
They are (i) Production, mainly agricultural and food production, (ii) Preservation of food from wastage and loss, which includes the addition of economic value to food through processing, (iii) Population, which refers both to child spacing in a family and to population density in a local area or a country, (iv) Poverty, which suggests economic causes of malnutrition, (v) Politics, as political ideology, political choices and political actions influence nutrition and (vi) Pathology, which is the medical term for disease, since disease, especially infection, adversely influences nutritional status
Summary
Even after witnessing substantial progress in most of our endeavours like technology, art, science, defence, industrialisation, etc., ironically the most basic needs of vast majority population of the country are yet to be fulfilled,i.e.,availability and affordability of a nutritious and healthy meal.India’s economy has grown rapidly, especially since 1990s and has been evolving constantly, in relation to the inclusiveness of this growth process. The International Conference on Nutrition (ICN, 1992) described six important determinants of malnutrition, which need to be involved in nutrition strategies They are (i) Production, mainly agricultural and food production, (ii) Preservation of food from wastage and loss, which includes the addition of economic value to food through processing, (iii) Population, which refers both to child spacing in a family and to population density in a local area or a country, (iv) Poverty, which suggests economic causes of malnutrition, (v) Politics, as political ideology, political choices and political actions influence nutrition and (vi) Pathology, which is the medical term for disease, since disease, especially infection, adversely influences nutritional status
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