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First-ever National Nutrition Survey conducted by Indian government & UNICEF
The first-ever National Nutrition Survey have been conducted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and UNICEF between February 2016 and October 2018 to measure malnutrition. The key findings of the survey, which are yet to be made public,are as follows: nearly 10% of children in the age group of 5-9 years and ..
Topics: Applied sciences • Diabetes • Food science • Health • malnutrition • Malnutrition in India • Nutrition • Obesity • Obesity in South Korea • RTT • Self-care
WHO releases Global Nutrition Report for 2018
As per WHO’s Global Nutrition Report (GNR 2018) report for 2018, India is facing a major malnutrition crisis as it holds almost a third of the world’s burden for stunting. With 46.6 million children who are stunted, India tops the list of countries followed by Nigeria and Pakistan. Stunting (or low height for age) is ..
Topics: Academic disciplines • Applied sciences • Health • malnutrition • Malnutrition in children • Nutrition • Self-care • Stunted growth • Wasting
2018 World Egg Day (WED)
The World Egg Day (WED) is celebrated every year on the second Friday in October and was first celebrated in 1996. The day helps to raise awareness of the benefits of eggs and their importance in human nutrition. Eggs are one of nature’s highest quality sources of protein, and indeed contain many of the key ..
Topics: Academic disciplines • Applied sciences • Aviculture • Egg • Egg as food • Food science • Health • Human nutrition • Nutrition • Protein • Self-care
RUTF: Ready to Use Therapeutic Food
RUTF is one of the measures to combat micronutrient malnutrition. RUTF is also referred as energy dense nutritious food (EDNF). It is a medical intervention to improve the nutrition intake of children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). It is being implemented under the global initiative Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement and ICDS in India, ..
Topics: Applied sciences • Dietary supplements • Food • Food energy • Food science • Health • malnutrition • Micronutrient • Nutrition • Self-care • Therapeutic food