6 in 10 sampled under-5s in India have micronutrient deficiencies, and 4 in 10 have anaemia, per survey of 17,230 children (IMAGE)

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6 in 10 sampled under-5s in India have micronutrient deficiencies, and 4 in 10 have anaemia, per survey of 17,230 children

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Prevalence of anemia (a) and anemia with micronutrient deficiencies (b) among children aged 12–59 months across 30 states in India from Comprehensive National Nutritional Survey, 2016–2018.

[Note: Anemia—Hemoglobin <11g/dl. Anemia with micronutrient deficiencies: Hemoglobin <11g/dl with iron or VitaminB12 or folate deficiencies. (Iron deficiency: serum ferritin <12 ng/mL (when CRP≤5ng/ml) or serum transferring receptor level -sTfR ≥1·76 mg/L and sTfR-F index ≥ 1·63) (when CRP >5ng/ml), folate deficiency: erythrocyte folate: <151 ng/mL, Vitamin B12 deficiency: serum cyanocobalamin <203 pg/mL). Source for India admin shape files is https://diva-gis.org/download which is free and open source. Software used to create Fig 2, QGIS (previously known as Quantum GIS), is a free and open source cross platform desktop geographic information system (GIS) application that supports viewing, editing and analysis of geospatial data].

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Yadav et al., 2024, PLOS Global Public Health, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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