What we eat defines how well-nourished or malnourished we are. It’s simply not how much we eat that’s causing the malnourishment, it’s more to do with what we’re eating

MAHOTTARI, June 25: The District Hospital of Mahottari has launched a special program after more than 7,000 children were found to be malnourished.

MAHOTTARI, Dec 18: The District Public Health Office, Mahottari has started the children's nutrition programme after 11 thousand kids in the district were found suffering from malnutrition.

HETAUDA, Sept 13: As many as 23,194 children under the age of five suffer from malnutrition in Makwanpur district.

So how many times did you forget to feed your son? Shanti Maya* recalls one of the curious mothers at the malnutrition rehabilitation center asking her just a couple of hours after her arrival. She clearly found the question to be upsetting. Even now, Shanti insists that she genuinely believed that her boy was born to be that way, skinny and short. She never considered it to be a medical issue.