title: Rapid Survey of Wasting and Stunting in Children: Whats New, Whats Old and Whats the Buzz?
abstract: Nationwide Rapid Survey on Children (RSoC), conducted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and UNICEF in 2013-14 showed a marked improvement in the status of the child malnutrition over the third National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) that was conducted in 2005-06. Despite some impressive gains in the anthropometric indicators of malnutrition, the absolute levels remain high, and of concern. Despite these gains, the feeding indicators remain stagnant. The programmatic responses need to adopt a multi-sectoral comprehensive approach with regular and comprehensive nutrition surveillance and recognize the epidemiological diversity.
authors: Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; *Department of Economics, Ambedkar University; and #Department of Social Work, Tezpur University, Tezpur; India. Correspondence to: Dr Rajib Dasgupta, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067, India. dasgupta.jnu@gmail.com.
authors: Rajib
authors: R
authors: Dasgupta
authors: Dipa
authors: D
authors: Sinha
authors: Veda
authors: V
authors: Yumnam
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006130:Growth Disorders; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019282:Wasting Syndrome