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Sharma, Anshu
- Holistic Approach during a Pandemic for Healthy Well-Being
Authors
1 Department of Clinical Epidemiology Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, IN
2 Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, IN
3 Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, IN
4 Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, IN
5 Department of Food and Nutrition, Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi - 110 021, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 57, No 3 (2020), Pagination: 329-340Abstract
Currently, the entire globe is facing a pandemic ‘COVID-19’ and the numbers are rising exponentially. Unfortunately, along with the triple burden of malnutrition and many non-communicable diseases, Corona virus has knocked India’s door. As it is don’t know for how long this battle will continue, the present review is an attempt to highlight the importance of non-pharmacological approaches like a balanced diet, stress management, adequate sleep and physical activity to build up a strong immune system, as it reduces the complications in individuals who are already at nutritional risk and might get exposed to the infection. Globally, scientists are working to find potential vaccines to combat COVID-19, meanwhile,it must utilize this time window in building our immunity by adopting a healthy dietary and other lifestyle measures. Hence, it is the need of the hour to build up immunity by adopting a holistic approach as there is no nutritional magic pill, which can boost immunity instantly.Keywords
Pandemic, Balanced Diet, Stress, Exercise, Sleep.References
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- Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation to Improve Linear Growth in Children
Authors
1 Division of Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition Foundation of India, New Delhi, Delhi - 110 016, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 60, No 2 (2023), Pagination: 185-200Abstract
In India, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency as assessed by vitamin D levels below 20 ng/ml is high across the country, in all socio-economic, age and sex groups. Studies from India have documented that prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is high in breast-fed infants. Stunting in young children continues to be a major public health problem in India. It is possible that in addition to low birth weight and chronic energy deficiency, vitamin D deficiency may contribute to the high stunting rates in breast-fed Indian children. If this were so, vitamin D supplementation may reduce the magnitude of linear growth retardation in the first two years of life. A community-based randomised, double-blind supervised daily supplementation of 250 mg of calcium and 250 IU of Vitamin D (Group A) or placebo (Group B) to breast-fed infants from the first month up to 23 months of age was undertaken to assess the impact, if any, of vitamin D supplementation on linear growth in children and height attained at 23 months. At enrolment, there were no significant differences in weight, length and BMI between infants belonging to Group A or Group B. There were no significant differences in infant and young child feeding practices, morbidity due to infection, or linear growth and height attained at 23 months between Group A and Group B. These data suggest that daily supplementation of calcium and vitamin D between 0-23 months did not have any significant impact on linear growth of children from urban low middle income families.
Keywords
Infants and Young Children, Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation, Linear Growth, Morbidity due to Infections, Randomised Double-Blind Placebo Control Trial.References
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