Malnutrition problem is one of the biggest issues the Indian society is suffering with for a long time back. It basically refers to the condition when the adequate amount of food is not provided and properly fed to the child. In India about 47% of the children under the age of five are severely malnourished. Malnutrition is not only about the unavailability of food but it is also about the inadequate knowledge of feeding the child in a felicitous way. Illiterate mothers and families do not know the exact and minimum calories that should be given to the child for his growth and hence they are unable to guard the child against various illnesses. India is in the second rank in having the highest number of malnourished and underweight children. For a normal growth about 200-300 calories should be given to a child under five. Poverty has played an active role in blazing up the problem of malnutrition in India. Parents are not well aware and informed about the right kind of feeding and exact calories to be given to the child; as a result the child’s immunity gets weaker and leads the child to death. Malnutrition deaths are now so common in India, more than 6,000 children under the age of five die every day due to the malnutrition, they are prone to many diseases like diarrhea, jaundice, tuberculosis and so on. Pregnant women are found to be more prone to malnutrition and eventually give birth to the babies deficient in prime vitamins and folic acids.
