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Multi-sectoral thinking must to end malnutrition in India and elsewhere

India, touted as the second largest producer of food, is also home to the second largest undernourished population in the world. A UN report for 2019 ranks India at 102 out of a total of 119 countries with respect to the prevalence of undernutrition among under-five children. The National Family Health Survey - 4 shows that over 35% of under-five children were underweight, and over 38% stunted. In fact, the prevalence of stunting was as much as 62% in several of the 723 districts of India in 2017.