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Disproportionate findings need analysis
1.Overall,  prevalence of wasting is the least
2. East Asia and pacific no one is found wasting whereas 22% are stunted.
3. Eastern and Southern Africa proportion of stunted is almost 6 times higher than wasting
4. Except total Asia and south Asia stunted are around twice the number than that of underweight.
Chronic malnutrition is common and hence more stunting is observed, But in South Asia these two are almost similar which implies that both acute and chronic malnutrition are present Food insecurity is the major problem here. Rest of the places food security though present is not sustainable.

— Dr.Sadhu Charan Panda on 2010-05-25