The Indians live in a country impoverished by hunger, a quarter of its population endures it daily. Both children and adults suffer from hunger due to economics and cultural traditions. Despite a growing economy, significant food production, and programs created to stop hunger, hunger persists. The widespread problem of hunger in India negatively affects many of its inhabitants. Hunger in India affects many people, especially vulnerable children under the age of five. In India, nearly sixty percent of children are wasted, stunted and underweight. Wasted children, also called severely malnourished children, are five to twenty times more likely to die from common diseases. 48% of children with stunting (“Nutrition”) have a short height for their age due to inadequate nutrition (Haq). Furthermore, 44% of children under five are underweight (“Superpower?”). Additionally, eighty percent of children do not receive enough vitamins needed for survival and seventy percent are anemic, a form of iron deficiency caused by chronic starvation (Sinha). In Uttar Pradesh, a densely populated state in northern India, “children resorted to eating mud,” and when word spread, officials delivered food and “told villagers to keep quiet” ( Chamberlain). The large number of malnourished children leads to numerous hunger-related deaths. Malnutrition is responsible for half of all child deaths in India (Sinha). Millions of people suffer from hunger, both children and adults. Hunger also affects adults in many ways, especially women. Nearly a third of adults in India have a BMI below 18.5 (Sinha). Additionally, 23% of married men and 52% of married women develop anemia... middle of paper... st. Network. January 29, 2012.Philipose, Pamela. “Mothers tell the story of malnutrition.” InfoChange news and features. News and features from InfoChange India. nd Web. 5 February 2012.Sinha, Kounteya. “India tops world hunger chart.” Times of India 27 February 2009, n. page Network. 4 February 2012.“Superpower? 230 million Indians suffer from hunger every day." Economic Times 16 January 2012. Infotrac newsstand. Network. January 24, 2012.von Grebmer, Klaus, Maximo Torero, Tolulope Olofinbiyi, Heidi Fritschel, Doris Wiesmann, Yisehac Yohannes, Lilly Schofield and Constanze von Oppeln. Global Hunger Index 2011 The challenge of hunger: taming price surges and excessive volatility in food prices. Bonn, Washington, DC, Dublin: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011. Web.Yardley, Jim. “Malnutrition persists widely among India's youth.” International Herald Tribune 12 January 2012. Infotrac newsstand. Network. January 24. 2012.