Researchers from University College Dublin, Ireland found that children of mothers who ate a higher quality diet, low in inflammation-associated foods, during pregnancy had a lower risk of obesity and lower body fat levels in late-childhood ...
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According to President Ram Nath Kovind, Under 5 Child Mortality Rate has also reduced to 36 for the first time, which is less than the world average rate of 39 ...
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According to the United Nations, even after five years of the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), many key indicators related to food and nutrition still demonstrate slow or no progress and the COVID-19 pandemic will further hinder the work being done to achieve the targets by 2030 ...
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In this new study, researchers have for the first time discovered that a specific type of immune cells - called regulatory T cells - expand in the first three weeks of life in breastfed human babies and are nearly twice as abundant as in formula-fed babies ...
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Ladakh Lt Governor R K Mathur directed the health department to achieve 100 percent child vaccination and find ways to promote hygiene amongst children ...
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Researchers found that an estimated 3.49 lakh pregnancy losses per year in south Asia were associated with exposure to PM2.5 concentrations that exceeded India’s air quality standard of 40 microgrammes per cubic metre (μg/m3) of small particulate matter (PM2.5) ...
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The partial findings of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey has highlighted that nutrition in children below five years of age continues to be an area of concern across all the states and Union Territories ...
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According to India Child Well-being Report 2020, released by World Vision India, many children in the country are no longer having three meals a day and many are missing school mid-day meals ...
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The ‘First 1,000 days’ for a child is a crucial time because it is the period of the rapid growth of body and brain and so a woman’s nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding and baby’s nutrition in the first two years is extremely important for a healthy future ...
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exclusively breastfeeding for the first six months of life followed by continued breastfeeding alongside complementary feeding for a minimum of two years ...
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The interventions during the adolescence phase of 13-18 years of the life of women are extremely important to achieve better maternal and child nutritional health outcomes ...
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Positive effects of preconception care are pivotal as the right start for pregnancy begins well before the conception itself ...
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