Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Odisha: High Stunting, Underweight Rates Among Children
Imagine kids are like little plants, and sometimes they don't grow as tall or strong as they should.
In Odisha, a place in India, many kids aren't growing as they should.
This is because they don't have enough good food (malnutrition) or they live in places that aren't very clean.
When kids are stunted, it means they're too short for their age, which is a sign of not getting enough food for a long time.
Some kids are also underweight, meaning they are lighter than they should be.
Doctors and the Poshan Tracker are working to help these kids by giving them the food and care they need to grow healthy.
Poshan Tracker data reveals that nearly 28% of children under six years in Odisha are stunted.
12% of children in the same age group are underweight, according to the data.
Approximately 3.21% of children aged 0-5 years were found wasted.
Poshan Tracker monitors pregnant women, lactating mothers, children, and adolescent girls.
Stunting can cause irreversible physical and mental damage to children.
- Who
- Children under six years old in Odisha
- What
- Poshan Tracker data reveals high rates of stunting and underweight children in Odisha.
- When
- Data is from the month of June 2025, according to Poshan Tracker.
- Where
- Odisha, India
- Why
- Malnutrition and unhygienic living conditions are cited as contributing factors.
- Stunting Rate
- 28% of children under six years old
- Underweight Rate
- 12% of children under six years old
- Wasted Children (0-5 years)
- 3.21%
- Data Source
- Poshan Tracker
- Beneficiaries Tracked
- Pregnant women, lactating mothers, children up to 6 years of age and adolescent girls