A balanced diet is of utmost importance to maintain a healthy body. Malnutrition has always been a major challenge in the development of women and children. With an aim to create a healthy state and a healthy country, September 1 to 30 is being celebrated as National Nutrition Month. As a part of this, Women and Child Development Department, Madhya Pradesh, is also organizing several programmes related to awareness on nutrition at the state, district, development block and anganwadi-level under a unique initiative called ‘Har Ghar Poshan Vyavahar’.
Poor nutrition is detrimental for the body and health. Below mentioned are some startling facts about nutrition that everybody should know:
Almost 69% of children and 52.5% of pregnant women are anaemic.
42% of children under the age of 5 are stunted.
38% of children between the age group of 6 to 8 months receive a solid, semi-solid diet with breastfeeding.
Owing to deficiency of micronutrient (micromineral, vitamins etc), children become malnourished and anaemic. Thus, it is essential that children receive adequate diet after 6 months.
Dietary diversity of women between 15 to 49 years of age is abnormally low, with only 20% of women consuming food from all five groups.
Women in the most reproductive age do not get the required variety of diet required from adolescence to old age. This causes severe anaemia among them.
How can these nutritional deficiencies be met with? Below mentioned are few ways:
Ensuring nutritious food for families, pregnant women and especially children up to 5 years of age.
Providing iron and vitamin-rich food to pregnant women.
Preparing wholesome food that include all types of pulses, green leafy vegetables, dry fruits, seasonal fruits, lettuce, jaggery, black sesame, legumes, milk and milk products. Consumption of these will prevent blood loss, deficiency of iron, vitamins, etc.
A balanced diet is an important requirement for everyone, including newborns. Thus, mothers should only breastfeed their babies in the first six months. After the baby is six months old, she/he should be fed a balanced diet in the right amount. Fluidity and nutritional diversity are extremely important.
Women and Child Development Department, Madhya Pradesh, is inviting your ideas and suggestions about the campaign. Share your thoughts on the following lines at mp.mygov.in
*Does your plate have food from all groups?
*Do pregnant women receive all the required nutrients?
*Do children below 5 years eat proper food?
If proper nutrition is synonymous to good health, how can this information be disseminated to all?
Let’s join hands and build an India that is strong, healthy, and free of malnutrition.
rakesh kumar 5 years 7 months ago
hamre eha par poshan ahar nahi mil raha hai
Manjeet bhallavi 5 years 7 months ago
Mere Pyare bacchon main aapse ek nivedan karta hun Ki poshan Aahar Lena na Bhule ise Dhyan purvak Le aur apne Sharir ko swachh bhojan se banaen dhanyvad
Mandar Das 5 years 7 months ago
It is imminent to follow a balanced diet chart, that will comprise of all food values, including minerals, vitamins and other nutrients which our body require to function properly. To eliminate malnutrition, one's awareness about selecting the proper food holds very key among individuals. Health campaigns should be held in this regard specially targeting the rural sections so as to impart right knowledge and education of having nutritious diet.
Mandar Das 5 years 7 months ago
The same thing is equally important for the newborn child when initial growth rate is at its peak.
Mandar Das 5 years 7 months ago
Often common people are ignorant of knowing the importance of having a balanced nutritional diet. Specially for the mother undergoing her pregnancy, one has to be very cautious about the type of food intake during that period. One needs to take advice from physicians at health centres about the DO's & DONT's.
madangopal koushik 5 years 7 months ago
कई बार उम्र के साथ लोगों को भूलने की बीमारी और अन्य कई मानसिक परेशानियां होने लगती है। इसके अलावा, कई लोगों को तनाव की समस्या भी होती है। कुछ लोग बार-बार मूड स्विंग्स की परेशानी भी झेलते हैं और इसका कहीं न कहीं कारण असंतुलित आहार होता है। ऐसे में अगर संतुलित आहार लिया जाए, तो इन परेशानियों से कुछ हद राहत मिल सकती है, क्योंकि खाने का भी असर आपके मानसिक स्वास्थ्य पर पड़ता है।
sandip ghayal 5 years 7 months ago
please provide nutritional package to every children consists of cereals, protein and vitamin diet,edible oil etc by ministry of woman and child development on every month or periodically
Arti Kumari 5 years 7 months ago
My ideas are, Yes off course to spread Education for nutritious diet and also to plant nutritional saplings. And include DRUMSTICKS in our daily food.There are many videos available on You Tube how to consume it.
Tripti Gurudev 5 years 7 months ago
Children and woman of the state are under nutrition education and awareness are very important in dieting.mainly in rural areas it's problem is more.pregnent women and children need free iron and calcium tablets.some suggestions are necessary for rural areas about fruits,nuts,vegitables and pulses also very valuable information about nutritional way or valu and we suggest them to they take it compulsory way.
Santanu Datta 5 years 7 months ago
Only and complete solution of malnutrition of the children and young mothers is EDUCATION. Education for all should be made in all stages then only all the above mentioned questions' problem will be solved. Education, education and only education for all is the solution.