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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An empirical study of the mid-day meal programme in Khurda, Orissa
The mid-day meal programme was initiated as a means of achieving universal primary education of satisfactory quality for all schoolchildren below the age of 14 by increasing enrolment, improving attendance and retention, and simultaneously improving nutritional status. This paper attempts to investigate some of these aspects based on primary data collected from Khurda district of Orissa. Data was collected from schools as well as from a sample of households of schoolchildren.
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Honesty pays off, jobless man will now supervise mid-day meal distribution
RS 2 lakh could have solved many of the problems this unemployed graduate was facing. But Samsher could not have lived with the guilt if had used the money. The Ambala resident had picked up a bag containing the cash by mistake. As soon as he realised that, Samsher handed it over to the police. His honesty paid off. Director Public Instruction (Schools) S K Setia promised Samsher a supervisor's job under Mid Day Meal scheme on a salary of Rs 6,000 on Thursday.
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Mid-day meal to middle school students
The State cabinet today approved the Mid-Day meal scheme to the students of standard five to eight. Disclosing this at a press conference, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said that the scheme which was now catering only to the primary level and would now cover middle school (from fifth to eighth standard). He said the scheme will have a financial implication of Rs 9 crore annually. Presently around 76,000 students are covered under the scheme and the new scheme will cover additional 86,782 students from government and government aided schools.
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School AIDS education programme in Mankachar
HATSINGIMARI
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Atopic diseases, allergic sensitization, and exposure to traffic-related air pollution in children
To assess the relationship between individual-based exposure to traffic-related air pollutants and allergic disease outcomes in a prospective birth cohort study during the first 6 years of life.
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Tree cover reduces risks of childhood asthma
a recent study has found that children residing in areas with more trees are less likely to suffer from asthma. Trees may prevent asthma because they bring about a difference in the local air
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Full meal or package deal?
With lobbying going on to replace cooked meals in the mid-day meal programme with processed foods like biscuits, this article reports on a consultation earlier this year that saw academicians, medical professionals, and nutrition and public health experts discuss the impact of providing dry rations versus cooked foods.
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45 children suffering from malnutrition in Aurangabad
As many as 45 child patients of malnourishment have been detected in the city under the survey of Integrated Child Development Project (ICDP). According to the sources, the machinery of Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) woke up from a deep slumber and started working to search malnourished patients and bring the situation under control. The meeting of integrated child development project department, which comes under the domain of district collector, was held recently.
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Rice dumped in pond
Cooch Behar : More than 2,000 people had put up a road blockade and gheraoed Saheb Mohammed High School at Rashidanga in Kotwali after over 12.5 quintals of rice in sacks meant for mid-day meals were found in an adjoining pond this morning. The villagers alleged that the teachers, including the headmaster, who had come to the school
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Call to check infant mortality rate
SIPAJHAR