Malnutrition

I was just googled 'malnutrition in India; out of a sudden curiosity and I was not really surprised at the figures, but the more i read about malnutrtion the more intrigued  became!
The first point which I realized I was not aware of was that both under nutrition and over nutrition counts as malnutrition. Secondly, malnutrition is the cause for more than 50% of infant deaths. Also according to a 2007 survey 43% of the children in India are malnutritioned..

Now, I do realise that though it is more commonly scene in the lower socio economic segment malnutrition does not restrict itself to any particular economic strata. It could be caused due to lack of immunity, retention or mental disorders like anorexia and bulimia. The problem is that in a country where it is so difficult for a family to feed itself. how do you enssure proper nutrition. A daily wage worker cannot afford to buy fruits for his children! With the sky high prices of almost everything,  maintaining a propoer nutritional diet gets difficult in a middle class home.
Improvement in sanitation, water and hygine facilities. Spread of awerenes is thw suggested way out, but the problem has more minute ddicreoensies that need to be looked into. This could only be done by voluntary work for the spread of education.