Nutrition is needed for infants and children in order to grow and develop properly. In view of where nutrition is diminished, malnutrition takes place where one’s body does not get enough nutrients. The child can occur certain conditions such as dizziness, faint, digestion, absorption, and other medical conditions.
India has a high malnutrition rate. Malnutrition kills 5 million children every year and by six seconds its kill’s one child. Due to India’s high malnutrition rate the need for a policy was in high demand.
National Nutrition Policy was adopted by the Government of India in 1993 under the aegis of the Department of Women and Child Development. It advocated a multi-sectoral strategy for eradicating malnutrition and achieving optimum nutrition for all. The policy advocates the monitoring the nutrition levels across the country and sensitising government machinery on the need for good nutrition and prevention of malnutrition
Reference application:
Mother and Child Nutrition (2012) Mother, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition & Malnutrition
accessed July 7, 2012 http://motherchildnutrition.org/india/index.html
I am glad to learn that the government of India is achieving progress in the area of policy. India is a rich country, and it is so unfortunate that I has such a high rate of malnutrition. Thank you, Adrea.
ReplyDeleteGood post Adrea, i am equally pleased to hear that the government is helping out. One of the key problems with India is their population. With 1,210,000,000 (1.21 billion) people, India is currently the world's second largest country. They crossed the one billion mark in the year 2000. The rate of increase is quite high and that will pose a great challenge to the government considering that they are not grouped as rich country. A study sometime stated that the ratio is one woman to six children. http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/indiapopulation.htm . I really wish them well and pray that they would be able to control the situation and stop suffering the innocent children.
ReplyDeleteIt really saddens me to see children suffering. I am grateful to have never experienced malnutrition, hunger, or poverty for that matter. I just wish that the world that we live in was a better place.
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