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130 Eleventh Five Year PlanTABLE 4.1.1Distribution of Children byProtein-calorie Adequacy Status(%)Age (yrs) %1–3 31.84–6 28.27–9 28.1BoysGirls10–12 26.0 32.913–15 34.7 43.116–17 50.2 64.0Adult SedentaryMen—68.8 Women—81.8Pregnant Women 64.3Lactation Women 62.2Source: National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) Reports2002.iron deficiency anaemia (IDA), further worsenstheir appetite.4.1.11 Therefore in the absence of foods other thancereals and pulses in the diets of children and theinability of children in the age groups of (1–18 years)to derive and satisfy their protein-calorie and othernutrient needs from cereals, the malnutrition scenariocan only get worse. Even fats that provide energydensity in the diets are not available in adequate quantities(normally fats should provide 30–40% of calorieneeds). It is therefore not surprising that there is massivehunger leading to multiple nutrient deficiencies.This is not hidden hunger; it is hunger for nutrientrichfoods.TRENDS IN ALL-INDIA PATTERN OF CONSUMPTIONFOOD EXPENDITURE SINCE 1972–734.1.12 Per capita cereal consumption of the Indianpopulation has been declining in both rural andurban areas over the past two or three decades.Table 4.1.2 gives per capita quantity of cereal consumptionper month in 15 major States as estimatedfrom the 50th (1993–94), 55th (1999–2000), and61st (2004–05) rounds of NSS, (Ministry of Statisticsand Programme Implementation, GoI). It showsthat the decline is spread over all the major StatesTABLE 4.1.2Changes in Average per capita Cereal Consumption in 15 States inPhysical Terms over the Last Decade in Major StatesYearRURALMonthly per capita cereal consumption (kg.) inAP ASM BHR* GUJ HAR KTK KRL MP#1993–94 13.3 13.2 14.3 10.7 12.9 13.2 10.1 14.21999–2000 12.65 12.63 13.75 10.19 11.37 11.53 9.89 12.942004–05 12.07 13.04 13.08 10.07 10.66 10.73 9.53 12.16MAH ORS PUN RAJ TN UP^ WB IND1993–94 11.4 15.9 10.8 14.9 11.7 13.9 15.0 13.41999–2000 11.32 15.09 10.58 14.19 10.66 13.62 13.59 12.722004–05 10.50 13.98 9.92 12.68 10.89 12.87 13.18 12.12YearURBANMonthly per capita cereal consumption (kg.) inAP ASM BHR* GUJ HAR KTK KRL MP#1993–94 11.3 12.1 12.8 9.0 10.5 10.9 9.5 11.31999–2000 10.94 12.26 12.70 8.49 9.36 10.21 9.25 11.092004–05 10.51 11.92 12.21 8.29 9.15 9.71 8.83 10.63MAH ORS PUN RAJ TN UP^ WB IND1993–94 9.4 13.4 9.0 11.5 10.1 11.1 11.6 10.61999–2000 9.35 14.51 9.21 11.56 9.65 10.79 11.17 10.422004–05 8.39 13.11 9.01 10.84 9.48 10.94 10.39 9.94Note: *includes Jharkhand; # includes Chhattisgarh; ^ includes UttaranchalSource: NSS 50th, 55th, and 61st Rounds.