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The percentage of undernourished people in the population has dropped from 18.2% in 2000 to 14.8% in 2018. The child mortality rate has halved from 9.2% to 4.3%, while child stunting (Children are defined as stunted if their height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO Child Growth Standards median) has dropped from 54.2% to 38.4% over the same period.[2]Continue reading “What is India’s average height !?”