• Dr. Rajeev Kumar
• Ms. Vandana Shukla

Reduction of undernutrition is a major public health challenge for both developing and developed countries. Despite the impressive economic growth, India experienced pervasive and persistent child and mother malnourishment. According to NFHS-IV, Indian women Aged 15-49 years around 23% are below the normal BMI. Approximately 31% of women aged 15-49 are below the normal BMI in Jharkhand & Bihar. The nutritional status of women in such states as Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh is also below the national level. This indicates that in EAG states the nutritional status of the mothers is below the satisfactory level. The main objective of the study is to investigate the socioeconomic inequality in nutritional status among mothers in EAG states. The concentration Index method has been used to investigate socioeconomic inequality. Socioeconomic inequality among mothers has increased during the period. The causes of increasing inequality in undernutrition are poor economic status and the Education level. Some other causes are also immersed in the study's analysis, such as body mass index of mothers, caste, health care utilization, and household environment variables.

Underweight, overweight, obesity, EAG States, Concentration Index

"Changes in Socioeconomic Inequality in Nutritional Status Among Mothers in EAG States, India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 11, page no.f116-f122, November-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2411514.pdf

"Changes in Socioeconomic Inequality in Nutritional Status Among Mothers in EAG States, India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 11, page no. ppf116-f122, November-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2411514.pdf