WHO data suggests that the percentage of Low Birth Weight babies in India has remained unchanged at 30% from the year 1984 to 2007 in spite of the fact India progressed a lot during this period. One reason for LBW which strongly emerges is the genetic make-up of the people with adaptations to nutritional stresses over thousands of years. If so, it may take a few generations to narrow down the backlog. Diverse opinions would be welcome.
Mary Jannausch
Is this:
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2004/9280638327.pdf
the source you're referring to? It mentions many different factors that can impact low birthweight, and notes that birthweight estimates are impacted by the % of livebirths in which the newborn infant is weighed immediately after birth.
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