According to experts, a protein-rich diet can help repair the damaged body tissues and muscle loss due to the COVID-19 infection ...
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Poshan Month
The non-profit organisation, Child’s Rights and You (CRY) shares some on-ground stories of how underprivileged families are struggling with the double whammy of COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on malnutrition ...
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The process of including key vitamins and minerals such as iron, iodine, zinc, vitamins A and D to staple food items like rice, wheat, oil, milk, and salt is called food fortification ...
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Experts Recommend Early Breastfeeding Initiation, Awareness At Panchayat Level To Fight Malnutrition
Nutrition experts say in addition to the measures being undertaken by the government during Poshan Maah, the focus must also be on breastfeeding, awareness on nutrition at the panchayat level and promoting use of safe nutrient rich foods ...
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UNICEF India’s Chief of Nutrition, Arjan De Wagt talks about COVID-19 and its impact on POSHAN Abhiyan
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Understand nutrition better to know what to have and what to avoid ...
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On the occasion of National Nutritional Week (September 1 - 7), the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urges everyone to take a pledge to eat right and make nutrition the the main theme of their life ...
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While addressing the citizens on his monthly radio programme, Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the importance of nutritious meals and announced that the month of September will be observed as Poshan Maah or Nutrition Month ...
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The nutrition surveillance system carries out real-time monitoring based on the assessment of nutritional problems and analysis of causes or consequences, and it takes action to mitigate the problems, explained the National Institute Of Nutrition ...
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As an alternative to iron and vitamins tablets, District administration of Halakandi is providing candies made from gooseberry and jaggery to increase the intake of nutrition among pregnant women and anaemic children in the district ...
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India tops the list of countries with 46.6 million children who are stunted, followed by Nigeria (13.9 million) and Pakistan (10.7 million), according to the Global Nutrition Report 2018 ...
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Meet award winning Nutrition Warrior, Shanta Garg who has been working as an ASHA worker in her tribal village for the last 12 years ...
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