ISSN: 2265-6294

Revised Nutrition And Feeding Norms For Supplementary Nutrition In ICDS Scheme

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Anita Awasth, Satyendra S. Chauhan, Sandeep K. Singh

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s a serious public health issue in India, childhood malnutrition is the primary cause of morbidity and mortality among children. Many youngsters are undernourished because they lack information about how to properly feed them. An efficient method of educating Indians about the need of a healthy diet would be beneficial. As a result, research into how nutrition education and supplementary nutrition affected the nutritional status of malnourished children aged 2 to 6 was crucial. To choose rural anganwadi centres for an interventional trial, cluster sampling was used. ICDS supplement nutrition education was employed as an intervention based on better nutritional and feeding criteria for supplement nutrition. Every three months, the weight of study participants was recorded for a year. Anganwadi Centres are part of the ICDS programme in rural regions and provide supplemental nutrition. The Supplementary Nutrition Program, which provides food assistance to pregnant and nursing mothers, as well as adolescent females from low-income families, is available.

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