Sri Lanka’s girls among world’s most underweight – 410,000 malnourished By Kapila Bandara View(s): View(s):Girls in Sri Lanka count among the world’s most underweight, a form of malnutrition, a life-endangering condition that has remained unchanged in the country for more than three decades. In the study, a Sri Lanka country profile indicates that 410,000 girls are thin. As for the widespread existence of boys who are thin, Sri Lanka comes up 9th globally. The research shows that unlike in Sri Lanka, the underweight data had dropped in India in the 33 years from 1990. Among other things, it found that 159 million children are living with obesity, another form of malnutrition.

Source: Sunday Times March 03, 2024 02:56 UTC