Six factors that could reduce malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh has 6.6% of the country's child population under the age of five years, children who will makeup 158.7 million of India's demographic dividend

Women’s empowerment, better sanitation, and improvement in maternal health could improve the nutritional status of children in Madhya Pradesh (MP), the state with 42% of its children under five years stunted or, short for their age–the fifth highest rate in the country–according to an IndiaSpend analysis of 2015-2016 data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS).

MP has 6.6% of the country’s child population under the age of five years, children who will makeup 158.7 million of India’s demographic dividend.

Over the past decade, the rate of stunting in MP has reduced from 50% of