Hunger meter: How India fared over the years

A lookthrough of five factors and how the country's performance has changed 

India has highest level of child wasting in South Asia: Global report

The country is only second to South Sudan when it comes to child wasting

Gujarat's estimate of malnourished children lower than national survey: CAG

Gujarat government considered only underweight children to assess malnutrition levels and not stunting and wastage

Violence, conflict push up global hunger crisis

After witnessing a steady decline for over a decade, hunger increased in 2016 and now affects 815 million people worldwide

3.1 million children under five die of malnutrition annually

Study says child mortality linked to maternal undernutrition, obesity