Teenage pregnancies are large silent contributors to childhood malnutrition in India (News Today)

A News Today (Bangladesh) article reported on teen pregnancy in India. IPPRI researchers analyzed data relating to more than 60,000 first time mothers across the country from the National Family Health Survey.  The findings show that India needs to look beyond the challenge of providing food to tackle the challenge of malnutrition, said Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon, “Some things create bigger risks.”