A third of women of reproductive age in India are undernourished , with a body mass index (BMI) of less than 18.5 kg/m2 . It is well known that an undernourished mother inevitably gives birth to an undernourished baby, perpetuating an inter generational cycle of under nutrition. Undernourished girls have a greater likelihood of becoming undernourished mothers who in turn have a greater chance of giving birth to low birth weight babies , perpetuating an inter generational cycle. This cycle can be compounded further in young mothers, especially adolescent girls who begin childbearing before they have grown and developed enough. When mothers take only short intervals between pregnancies and have many children, this can exacerbate nutrition deficits, which are then passed on to their children. While it is globally acknowledged that focusing on the first 1000 days of a child’s life – from conception to two years of age – is a critical window of opportunity to address child stunting. However, to date, the focus of nutrition programs for Indian children has largely been post-birth, with child and feeding-centred interventions. It is known that 50 per cent of the growth failure that gets accrued by two years of age occurs in the womb owing to poor nutrition its mother both during pregnancy and before pregnancy.. There is sufficient knowledge base that foetal stunting is largely caused by inadequate nutrition of the mother before conception and in the first trimester. The major reason for stagnant levels of under nutrition among Indian children is because of a failure so far to adequately prevent under nutrition when it happens the maximum i.e., in the womb - caused by poor nutrition of women before and during pregnancy.
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