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<div id="toc"><h2>Table of Contents</h2>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_the-paradox-of-indias-economic-growth"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">The paradox of India's economic growth</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_child-malnutrition-in-india"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Child malnutrition in India</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_womens-condition-in-india-and-child-malnutrition"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Women's condition in India and child malnutrition</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_see-also"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_references"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_external-links"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>
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</div><h2 id="w_the-paradox-of-indias-economic-growth">The paradox of India's economic growth</h2>
<p>A recently published study (2011)<ref name="HungaMa">HungaMa.2011.<i>Fighting Hunger & Malnutrition</i>. <a href="http://www.hungamaforchange.org/HungamaBKDec11LR.pdf" alt="The HUNGaMA Survey Report">The HUNGaMA Survey Report</a></ref> reinforces the idea that while India has been enjoying a steady economic growth for a decade, it seems to have little impact on children's well-being and welfare. The Hunger and Malnutrition (HungaMa) Survey promoted by the Citizen's Alliance against Malnutrition and sponsorized by the UNSCN ([Pagelink infos="United Nations"] Standing Committee on Nutrition) links this paradox with the difficulties encountered by Indian women with regard to access to land.
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<h2 id="w_child-malnutrition-in-india">Child malnutrition in India</h2>
<p>The survey showed that child malnutrition is widespread in several states and districts of [Pagelink infos="Gender Equality in India"] but there has been a noted reduction of the prevalence of child malnutrition. Between 2004 and 2011 it has decreased by 20.3%. Child malnutrition is closely linked with birth underweight and as such, young children are particularly at risk. While low-income families are the most touched, child malnutrition remains prevalent in middle-income household and even high-income ones.<ref name="HungaMa"/> 
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<h2 id="w_womens-condition-in-india-and-child-malnutrition">Women's condition in India and child malnutrition</h2>
<p>The survey found that the prevalence of child malnutrition is closely correlated with the level of a mother's education. Rates of child underweight and stunting is significantly higher among mothers with low levels of education.
Furthermore, while young girls seems to have a nutrition advantage over boys in the first months of life, this advantage is reversed over time with the growth of girls and boys which suggest care neglect towards girls in early childhood. Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of a child's life is not commonly practised in India.<ref name="HungaMa"/> 
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<h2 id="w_see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li>[Pagelink infos="Access to land"]
</li><li>[Pagelink infos="Gender Equality in Gender Equality in India"]
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<h2 id="w_references">References</h2>
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<h2 id="w_external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.hungamaforchange.org/HungamaBKDec11LR.pdf" alt="Fighting Hunger and Malnutrition">Fighting Hunger and Malnutrition</a>The HUNGaMA Survey Report 2011.
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