Advertisement!
Author Information Pack
Editorial Board
Submit article
Special Issue
Editor's selection process
Join as Reviewer/Editor
List of Reviewer
Indexing Information
Most popular articles
Purchase Single Articles
Archive
Free Online Access
Current Issue
Recommend this journal to your library
Advertiser
Accepted Articles
Search Articles
Email Alerts
FAQ
Contact Us
International Journal of Food, Nutrition & Dietetics

Volume  11, Issue 3,  September - December 2023, Pages 117-121
 

Review Article

National Nutrition Week: A Implement to Reduce Malnutrition

Indresh Kumar, Anamika Chauhan

1 Program Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics, Regional Center of Excellence Nutrition Rehabilitation Resource and Training, All India Institute of Medical Science, Bhopal 462020, Madhya Pradesh, India, 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Home Science, Chaman Lal Mahavidhyalya Landhaura, Haridwar, Uttarakhand 247664, India.

Choose an option to locate / access this Article:
90 days Access
Check if you have access through your login credentials.        PDF      |
|

Open Access: View PDF

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijfnd.2322.0775.11323.5

Abstract

National Nutrition Week is celebrated in India from 1 September to 7 September to create awareness about good nutrition and health by goverment of India since 1982. The objective of the study is to assess the impact and functioning of National Nutrition Week in India. The method of the current study is a narrative review based and data were abstracted from an online data source like research articles, intuitional reports, and press releases. The available study on the relevant topic shows that National Nutrition Week has helped to bring a strong focus on improving nutrition outcomes during the first 1,000 days. National Nutrition Week has enabled a nationwide Jan-Andolan to catalyzing nutrition related behavior change at scale for a positive impact on feeding and health care practices.
 


Keywords : National Nutrition Week; Rashtriya PoshanMaah; Malnutrition; Government schemes; Nutritional Status.
Corresponding Author : Indresh Kumar