Kathmandu, Oct. 17 -- More than 1,500 children in the flood-hit districts of Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading have been found suffering from moderate acute malnutrition following the August 26 Bhotekoshi catastrophe, according to a study by the Ministry of Health and Food Safety.

The study also found 13 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition, the most extreme and visible form of malnutrition that requires urgent medical attention.

Health experts say children with severe acute malnutrition are 10 times more likely to die than healthy children.

"We have been preparing to distribute fortified flour to 7,000 vulnerable children, pregnant women, and new mothers in those affected districts," said Lila Bikram Thapa, chief of the Nutriti...