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Indicators of children health:There are four indicators of children health employed for determining Global Health Index(GHI) of a particular country. These are malnutrition or under nourishment, Children stunting, Children wasting and Children mortality.Let us understand each of these indicators.(1)) Undernutrition or malnutrition in children:It means calorie intake is insufficient.It occurs when children do not consume enough calories, protein, or micronutrients to maintain good health.It is common globally and may result in both short and long term irreversible adverse health outcomes. Undernutrition is used synonymously with malnutrition, however, malnutrition could mean both undernutrition or overnutrition causing childhood obesity. The World Health