Steps by government

Introduction
Definition according to WHO
Types
Causes
 Primary causes
 Secondary causes
Disorders
Symptoms

Diseases caused by under nutrition of vitamins and minerals

Malnutrion in India

Malnutrion in different age group

 Infants to 4 age group – kwashiorkor and marasmus

Treatment and Preventions

Steps taken by govt. to prevent malnutrition

Steps by government
 In order to promote nutrition among children, pregnant women, and
nursing moms, Indian Government has established the POSHAN
Abhiyaan in 2017.It is also with the view to attaining the second
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), which is to eradicate hunger and
achieve food security and enhanced nutrition.
 The Anganwadi Services, POSHAN Abhiyan, Scheme for Adolescent
Girls, and National Creche Scheme were combined to create the
awareness programmes about malnutrition . For the provision for child
nutrition scheme like Saksham Anganwadi and Mission POSHAN 2.0
has been launched.
 For the vision of “swasth bharat”, Indian government has organized
different activities to increase awareness about nutrition at foundational
level through camps, by outreach programmes, awareness drives which
are commonly targeted at women, adolescent ad children under the age 6.