India, March 13 -- The study has not referred to publicly available data of more than 8 crore children measured on the Roshan tracker through the 13.9 lahks Anganwadi centres across the country

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has said that the article published on 12thFebruary 2024 on the JAMA Network on the so-calledzero food childrenin India is a deliberate and malicious attempt by interested lobbies to sensationalise fake news. Rebutting the article, the Ministry has said that it is surprising that no primary research has been conducted by S. V. Subramanian and co-authors in the study to arrive at such broad and incorrect generalisations on the nutritional status of children in India.

The authors themselves have admitted ...