Nutrition is the focal point of health and well-being. Nutrition is directly linked to human resource development, productivity and ultimately to the national growth.
Malnutrition is a complex phenomenon. It is both the cause and effect of poverty and ill health, and follows a cyclical, inter-generational pattern. It is inextricably linked with illiteracy, especially female illiteracy, lack of safe drinking water and proper sanitation, ignorance, lack of awareness and ill health. It creates its own cycle within the large cycle of poverty.
Malnutrition in India continues to be at a high level with 42.5% children below the age being underweight and almost 70% being anaemic. 22% children are born with low birth weight. Lack of adequate information on nutritional needs, has been identified as a major factor for the prevailing nutritional situation in the country.
Child malnutrition is both the result of economic conditions and poor nutritional awareness. Nutrition education and extension has been recognized as one of the long-term sustainable interventions essential to tackle the problem of malnutrition and to generate awareness and to promote the nutrition status of the country. FNB’s major task is to address this major challenge.
Good maternal nutrition during pregnancy promotes healthy weight of the newborn. Good weight at birth means increased chances for healthy growth.
Good maternal nutrition during breastfeeding promotes baby’s healthy growth. Breastfeeding is recommended for mothers in india until the child turns two. Breastfeeding promotes adequate growth and development, thus preventing stunting.
Good nutrition from birth to three years is the most important foundation for baby to grow healthy and bright. After the age of two or three years, the effects of chronic malnutrition in your baby will be irreversible.
Why this topic is meaningful to me,my son had rickets and had to have surgery to correct his leg. I never thought that sunlight, and the right foods( vitamins) has such an impact on every part of your development. Now I talk to parents about how important it is for your child to engage in out side activities especially when the sun is shinning.
FAO/UNICEF and Food and Nutrition Council of Zimbabwe, Healthy Harvest, with funding from USAID and ECHO, 2004
Karen Sullivan, Healthy Eating, HarperCollins Publishers, London, 1999
Breastfeeding counselling at: A Training Course, materials On line
http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/publications/NUTRITION/BFC.htm
2 comments:
When you found your research on India did they say that most of the children with malnutrituion were those born to the poor people in the slums. With the research I found for my topic the people in the slums make up a large percentage of India's population. We think that the peopple who live in the ghetto's are poor but their poor are more like the homeless here in America.
Yes and education, plays a part in it also. I found that the lack of mothers knowing about resources played a big part in just eating the right things. Bihar and Kerala have the highest and lowest prevalence of malnutrition, respectively.The arlice in hich I read states that children whose mothers are more educated and children who live in households with a relatively high standard of living tend to be better nourished.
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