Based on the geographic area the child malnutrition prevalence was noted to be as follows: 58.8 percent of children are moderately or severely stunted in the 100 focus districts. 42.3 percent are moderately or severely underweight and 11.4 percent are moderately or severely wasted. For the category of 6BDF the figures were seen to be 43.3, 32.6 and 12.4 percent respectively. As for the 6 BD the figures were 32.5, 21.9 and 13.5 percent respectively. The ‘severe’ condition of being stunted, underweight and wasted seen in the 100 focus districts was 34, 16.4 and 3.3 percent. For 6BDF the percentage was 20.5, 11.3 and 3.4 respectively and for 6 BD the percentage was 14.2, 6.5 and 4.7 respectively.

The survey indicated that the prevalence of stunting increases sharply from birth to the first two years of life as children grow older, reaching a maximum among children aged 24 to 35 months. The percentage was noted to be 64.8, 50.9 and 36.1 in 100 FD, 6BDF and 6BD respectively. The prevalence of child underweight was observed to have a similar pattern with 44.1, 35.7 and 22.2 percent respectively in the three heads as mentioned above. The prevalence of wasting reached the maximum among children aged 12 to 23 months, and was seen to be as high as 16.9 percent in children aged 12 to 23 months in 100 FD.

The prevalence of malnutrition among children as per gender showed that stunting and underweight among boys was higher up to the age of 35 months in 100 FD while it was vice-versa in the age group of 36 to 59 months.