tailieunhanh - Food security and nutritional status in India - A review

Food insecurity is a threat for the development and prosperity of any nation. The status of food security and nutrition in India is not up to the mark as per various reports. Global Hunger Index (GHI), 2017 is severely high, . which is a challenge for our country. All people in the country should get sufficient and healthy food all the time to achieve food security. GHI reflects that we could not reach at the level of food security. 43 out of 1000 children below 5 years are dying every year due to diseases or malnutrition. Hence, the present paper reviews data on food security and nutritional status in India and their probable reasons. | 2019 8 9 2471- 2475 EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 09 2019 Journal homepage http Review Article https Food Security and Nutritional Status in India- A Review Surabhi Singh FRM ASPEE College of Home Science Nutrition SDAU Gujarat India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords safe and nutritious food security World Food Summit Article Info Accepted 24 August 2019 Available Online 10 September 2019 Food insecurity is a threat for the development and prosperity of any nation. The status of food security and nutrition in India is not up to the mark as per various reports. Global Hunger Index GHI 2017 is severely high . which is a challenge for our country. All people in the country should get sufficient and healthy food all the time to achieve food security. GHI reflects that we could not reach at the level of food security. 43 out of 1000 children below 5 years are dying every year due to diseases or malnutrition. Hence the present paper reviews data on food security and nutritional status in India and their probable reasons. All the government schemes should be monitored properly so that every person can get benefit and food security can be achieved. Introduction Food security for a developed nation. There are various parameters to be measured for analyzing food security and nutritional status. Food security is called availability of sufficient safe and nutritious food to all people at all times to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life due to economic or any other reason World Food Summit 1996 . Food insecurity is a threat for the development and prosperity of any nation. The status of food security and nutrition in India is continuously improving still not up to the mark as per various reports. Food security and optimum nutritional status of the whole .