-The Times of India It is common — and natural — to think of diseases in terms of death. Often, diseases are measured by death — so many people die of heart attacks, so many of dengue, etc. While this is important, there is another dimension not measured by body counts. It is the scale of suffering and pain felt by people who live with diseases. Talk to any middle class...
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Baba Ramdev's Patanjali all set to bag Rs 700 cr mid-day meal contract for Uttar Pradesh schools -Shantanu Guha Ray
-Firstpost.com Baba Ramdev's Ptanjali Ayurved Ltd is all set to win a multi-crore contract to manage mid-day meals in Uttar Pradesh schools, according to people in the know. Ramdev and his men have been actively lobbying for the Rs 700-crore contract in New Delhi, reaching out to influential cabinet ministers and making representations as to why the group is best placed to execute the project, the sources said. The contract is currently...
More »44 per cent women are energy deficient
-Deccan Chronicle The survey has revealed that boys are excessively thin and undernourished during their teenage years as compared to girls. Hyderabad: According to the Urban Nutrition Report which was released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Nutrition, 34 per cent of urban men and 44 percent of urban women suffer from a chronic deficiency of energy. This deficiency is observed in overweight as well as undernourished individuals. The survey has revealed...
More »Cash transfers may replace rations for women and infants -Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express Cash transfers instead of food has been widely debated with several criticising it for not being an actual substitute for take-home rations, which is a mix of cereals, fats, sugar and pulses, with added micronutrients. In a major policy shift, the Ministry of Woman and Child Development (WCD) has prepared a proposal to substitute take-home rations, given in aanganwadis for infants under three and pregnant and lactating mothers,...
More »Nutrition, still a tough challenge for India
-Deccan Chronicle NIN said many adolescents were going for status foods and suffer undernourishment Hyderabad: The nourishment of adolescents continues to be a challenge in India, says a study by the National Institute of Nutrition. The institute studied both the genders’ eating pattern and it was found that there was a decline in millets and animal Protein. NIN said many adolescents were going for status foods and suffer undernourishment. Dr B. Sesikeran,...
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