by Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, JAN 5
In order to address malnutrition in Haryana, Haryana State Rural Health Mission will organize a Stakeholder Consultation: Enriching Foods, Enriching Lives in partnership with Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) on February 6, 2014 at Hotel Red Bishop, Panchkula.
While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that Principal Secretary, Health Mrs. Navraaj Sandhu would be Chief Guest on this occasion. He said that consultation would be held to discuss how the health and nutrition status of people of Haryana could be improved.
He said that wheat flour, milk and edible oil are consumed by all in Haryana and the consumption of these food items is reasonably high across the population groups. Hence, this Consultation would explore the possibility of enriching these foods with essential vitamins and minerals through fortification, so that people can get atleast one-third of their requirement from these fortified foods on a daily basis.
It may be recalled that developed countries have been fortifying wheat flour, oil and milk since 1930. Fortification neither changes the colour and texture, nor does it change the taste when food is cooked. It only provides the required micronutrients on a regular daily basis to fill the nutritional gap between the actual daily intake and the nutritional needs.
It is hoped that the deliberations in this Consultation would help to decide on the modalities of enriching and fortifying the staple foods like wheat flour, milk and oil with essential vitamins and minerals, and making these foods available through the open-market channels and through the government programmes like the ICDS, MDM and the PDS, so that the wide-spread anemia and other deficiencies are reduced and people of Haryana lead a healthy and productive life.
Haryana is a progressive State, with a robust health and nutrition delivery system. Despite this, the rate of child malnutrition in India, as also in Haryana, is extraordinarily high. As per the National Family Health Survey, 2005-06, 46 per cent children less than 5 years of age in Haryana are undernourished. In addition, 72 per cent children in the age group of 6 to 59 months and 82 per cent children in the age group of 6-36 months, 56 per cent women and 18 per cent men are anaemic. The recent “Situational analysis of Health Programmes” (2010-11) undertaken, under the Indira Bal Swasthya Yojna (IBSY), also shows that the deficiency of iron leading to anaemia is very high and deficiencies of vitamin A and vitamin D are widespread.
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CHANDIGARH, JAN 5
In order to address malnutrition in Haryana, Haryana State Rural Health Mission will organize a Stakeholder Consultation: Enriching Foods, Enriching Lives in partnership with Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) on February 6, 2014 at Hotel Red Bishop, Panchkula.
While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that Principal Secretary, Health Mrs. Navraaj Sandhu would be Chief Guest on this occasion. He said that consultation would be held to discuss how the health and nutrition status of people of Haryana could be improved.
He said that wheat flour, milk and edible oil are consumed by all in Haryana and the consumption of these food items is reasonably high across the population groups. Hence, this Consultation would explore the possibility of enriching these foods with essential vitamins and minerals through fortification, so that people can get atleast one-third of their requirement from these fortified foods on a daily basis.
It may be recalled that developed countries have been fortifying wheat flour, oil and milk since 1930. Fortification neither changes the colour and texture, nor does it change the taste when food is cooked. It only provides the required micronutrients on a regular daily basis to fill the nutritional gap between the actual daily intake and the nutritional needs.
It is hoped that the deliberations in this Consultation would help to decide on the modalities of enriching and fortifying the staple foods like wheat flour, milk and oil with essential vitamins and minerals, and making these foods available through the open-market channels and through the government programmes like the ICDS, MDM and the PDS, so that the wide-spread anemia and other deficiencies are reduced and people of Haryana lead a healthy and productive life.
Haryana is a progressive State, with a robust health and nutrition delivery system. Despite this, the rate of child malnutrition in India, as also in Haryana, is extraordinarily high. As per the National Family Health Survey, 2005-06, 46 per cent children less than 5 years of age in Haryana are undernourished. In addition, 72 per cent children in the age group of 6 to 59 months and 82 per cent children in the age group of 6-36 months, 56 per cent women and 18 per cent men are anaemic. The recent “Situational analysis of Health Programmes” (2010-11) undertaken, under the Indira Bal Swasthya Yojna (IBSY), also shows that the deficiency of iron leading to anaemia is very high and deficiencies of vitamin A and vitamin D are widespread.
====balbirsingh227@gmail.com
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