Maneka favours packaged food to Anganwadi wards

Maneka favours packaged food to Anganwadi wards

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 08:10 PM IST
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New Delhi : Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi pitched for providing packaged food to Anganwadi children to deal with increased malnourishment in the country, which is highest in the world.

 “Instead of giving it to Anganwadi or mothers or villagers to make food, why don’t we have it made at the central place by a company, whether government or not, and give a dedicated quantity of food to children every day,” she said after releasing two reports on nutrition, reports PTI.

India Health Report (IHR) 2015 by Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and Global Nutrition Report 2015 of International Food Policy Research Institute were launched by Gandhi and Union Health Minister JP Nadda.

“We can put iron or folic acids into these regular foods like poha, so that children can get hygienic and nutritious food,” she said. IHR, which is focused on the topics of child stunting and malnutrition, gives critical analysis of the current situation with nutrition at the national and state levels. It called for more regular data on nutrition through periodic surveys.

Ramanan Laxminarayan from PHFI said the Integrated Child Development Programme being implemented through Anganwadi Center across the country is the biggest tool to improvement of nutrition levels among children.

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Indian kids continue to be under-nourished: Nadda

New Delhi : Children in India continue to suffer from under-nourishment despite positive changes the country has witnessed over the years, Health Minister J.P. Nadda said on Thursday.

He said children in India may survive due to better health and vaccines, but inspite of that may not reach their full potential as productive citizens.

Terming the difference in children’s nutritional value among various states as a “big failure”, Nadda said: “There is a need for providing timely and evidence based holistic interventions using a continum of care approach, in a convergent manner with all concerned departments such water, sanitation, hygiene, education, agriculture and food security.”

“Accelerating action at the state-level is essential for changing the trajectory of India’s children’s future as the battle against under nutrition must now be fought at the ground level in communities and at homes,” he said at the launch of the India Health Report for Nutrition Security in India.

The event was organised by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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