Around one-third of tuberculosis in India is attributable to undernutrition, which, in adults, is defined as having a body mass index less than 18.5 kg/m². In India, available research suggests the burden of ‘severe’ and ‘very severe’ undernutrition to be very high among adults with TB. The Reducing Activation of Tuberculosis by Improvement of Nutritional Status trial from Jharkhand documented …
