'One in three children in Bengaluru slums are underweight' -Tanu Kulkarni

-The Hindu

Bengaluru: One in three children in slums in Bengaluru are underweight reveals a sample survey conducted by Child Rights and You (CRY).

The survey, which was conducted in five slums in the city and covered 258 children was released on Tuesday.

The survey stated that only 47 per cent of the children in Bengaluru slums are enrolled in Anganwadis.

The survey also found that 66 per cent of the parents surveyed in Bengaluru felt that the growth monitoring system in the city is not regular.

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