Results and Discussion
Prevalence of anemia is very high among all the study population in India. The results show that more than 95 percent of children, adolescent girls and pregnant women suffer from anemia. The prevalence is the highest among the adolescents, 97.8 percent. Nearly half of the children are mildly anaemic and 2.9 percent are severely anaemic. More than half of the pregnant women in the country are mildly anaemic and 42.6 percent are moderately anaemic. The situation is the worst for adolescent girls, 27.1 percent of whom are severely anaemic.