Bhopal: In order to apprise the people about various aspects of Infant and children feeding practices, national nutrition week is being observed from September 1 to 7. Aaganwadi workers and supervisors are being trained for various activities undertaken during the week. Under the campaign, live Phone-In programme will be broadcasted on all the centers of Akashwani at 11 am on September 1. Essay competition is also being organized on the subject Adolescence and balanced diet for the students of District Government Higher Secondary and High Schools. Similarly, essay competition is being organized on the subject Food for me and my family for the students of Government Middle Schools.
Moreover, I and my food and Take Home Ration Recipe competition is being organized on September 1. Under this, discussions on balance diet and importance of Nutrition elements for daily routine and development, besides role of nutritious food, take home ration to check malnutrition and methods to prepare delicious food will take place on September 1. Under the nutrition corner, group discussion to promote local available food will take place on September 2.
On third day of the week ie September 3, colourful Thali competition will be organized. Under this, pregnant women will be apprised about the food variety by the aaganwadi workers. Further, on September 4, pregnant women will be apprised about the benefits of supplement nutritious food and importance of breast feeding through snake and ladder game.
Similarly, on the 5th day of the week, information on the subject Preparation of supplement nutritious food and feeding to pregnant women, women having infants, teenage girls and to the common persons will be provided about the quantity of top feed, repetition and thickness, quality and responsive feeding through interesting methods of discussion and games. Further, on the 6th day of the week, annaprashan will take place and information about breast feeding along with supplement food to six months old child and protection from malnutrition will be given. On the 7th the last day of the week, nutrition rally will be conducted. Under which information about the use of Iron Folic Acid will be given.