Dietary guidelines for India 2024
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently revised the dietary guidelines for Indians to provide healthier diet and lifestyle recommendations, ensuring dietary and nutritional requirements
Child Health
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Meal drive hits empty dishes
ARTI SAHULIYAR Ranchi, July 24: Even after the mid-day meal scheme was launched five years ago in the state, 2 lakh students are not provided with food at government-run primary schools everyday. Moreover, the dropout rate among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students is still higher compared to that of students from general category, reveals a study conducted by the state human resource development department during the last session.
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Fish promise fills classrooms again
Krishnagar, July 22: A slightly varied menu and a promise of fish in the future has brought back to school many Nadia children who had grown tired of khichdi and dropped out. The khichdi and an insipid dal had become a primary school staple as prices of essentials rose and the schools struggled to cope. Before the inflation demon hit double digits, the children ate fish, dal, chutney and fried potatoes and that was what drew them to school.
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Children and cholesterol
What is acceptable in cholesterol levels in blood has undergone a significant change in recent years. Expert panels and medical bodies round the world have come up with a series of stricter as well as more nuanced guidelines. For instance, the normal levels for LDL (Low Density and Lipoprotein) and triglycerides
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200 students hospitalised
Dharmapuri AS many as 200 students, including 90 girls, of standard I to VIII of the Asthagiriyur Panchayat Union Middle School in Morappur block were admitted to the Dharmapuri Government Medical College Hospital in the area, after they complained of vomiting on Thursday. Out of the total strength of 389 students, 364 were present in the school on Thursday and 200 students were supplied with boiled egg along with noon meal.
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24 govt school students fall ill after mid-day meal
Principal says chatmola from shop upset their stomachs Over 24 girl students of a government school in New Seelampur fell ill on Wednesday after eating contaminated food. While the school authorities said many of the girls had complained of uneasiness as soon as they walked in, parents alleged the children were taken ill after eating the mid-day meal. All girls
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Protein lack
scientists may have found a new approach to muscular dystrophy, a fatal genetic disorder characterized by weakening of skeletal muscles. Not much is known about how the disease manifests itself. Recently, however, a team of French and German researchers found that a kind of muscular dystrophy is caused due to a lack of protein in the muscle cells. The disease is caused by a mutation in a
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Congenital defects
treating drinking tap water with chlorine makes it bacteria-free. But its by-products may increase the risk of abnormalities among newborns, says a recent study. Researchers studied data on 400,000 infants in Taiwan and by products of chlorine in the water separately from 2001-03. Using these two sets of data, the researchers assessed exposure in mothers who were expecting. Of the 400,000
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Delhi children getting overweight, says study
Bindu Shajan Perappadan Obesity in urban kids increased from 16 p.c. to 24 p.c. from 2002 to 2007 NEW DELHI: Childhood obesity is tilting the scale against children in urban Delhi with the latest survey on "Childhood obesity in Asian Indians' finding them more overweight and unhealthier than those surveyed nearly half a decade ago.
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Effect of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria on health and education in schoolchildren
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in early childhood, yet its consequences for health and education during the school-age years remain poorly understood. The researchers examined the effect of intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) in reducing anaemia and improving classroom attention and educational achievement in semi-immune schoolchildren in an area of high perennial transmission.