Mapping policies and evidence addressing childhood malnutrition in India: a global scoping review of systematic reviews and India policy gap map.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child undernutrition remains a leading contributor to mortality, morbidity and impaired development in low-income and middle-income countries, particularly in India where rates of stunting and underweight persist despite broad policy and programme investments. The critical window for intervention is the first 1000 days, from conception to age 2, when both maternal and child factors influence lifelong outcomes.

Objectives

To map the review level evidence on interventions to prevent and reduce child and maternal malnutrition across health, education, environment and engineering sectors in India, and assess the degree of alignment with current policy strategies targeting the first 1000 days.

Eligibility criteria

Included sources were systematic reviews, meta-a

SUBMITTER: Vigurs C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12815031 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature