A survey conducted by the Department of Women and Child Development in 2023 revealed that Bidar and Kolar districts had the highest share of children suffering malnutrition.
A total of 27,73,247 children under the age of 6 were weighed across Karnataka for the survey to identify children suffering from malnutrition. Of these, 2,20,049 were found to be malnourished. Of them 73,300 children (2.64%) have been found to be Severely Acute Malnourished (SAM), and 1,46,749 children (5.29%) were found to be Moderately Acute Malnourished (MAM).
In Bidar district, a total of 86,163 children were weighed, out of which 4,327 children (5.02%) were suffering from SAM and 6,826 (7.92%) from MAM, topping the charts.
