Revealed: New method to check malnutrition by parliamentary constituencies

Measuring malnutrition data by constituency could not only help MPs make informed choices but provide more information to voters, the author said

A new technique can measure malnutrition by parliamentary constituency in India, which has the world’s largest number of malnourished children, according to a new study.

The analysis shows 72 of 543 parliamentary constituencies in the top two quintiles (20%) of prevalence of child malnutrition indicators: stunting, low weight for age, wasting and anaemia. Of these, 12 constituencies are in Jharkhand, 19 in Madhya Pradesh, 10 in Karnataka, eight in Uttar Pradesh and six in Rajasthan.

Many Indian parliamentary constituencies experience multiple forms of malnutrition, which should be addressed “on priority”, says the study, published January 2019 in the journal