NEW DELHI, Sep. 11, 2023 (TBINN)
Nearly 6 in 10 female teens in India are anaemic, according to new Indian research that analysed data from National Family Health Surveys (H.F.H.S.).
Adolescent marriage and motherhood, along with poor nutritional status and other socio-economic variables such as wealth and education, were crucial risk determinants for anemia in Indian females aged 15-19, the study from Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, and other institutes found.
Further, Indian states with anemia prevalence over 60 per cent more than doubled to 11 in 2019-21 from five in 2015-16, the study published in the journal PLOS Global Public Health said.
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