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1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 41, No 6 (2004), Pagination: 229-240
Abstract
In India, most of the children are below acceptable levels of nourishment and about half of oil child deaths are associated with malnutrition and disease. The problems which contribute to malnutrition, include poverty, illiteracy, lack of knowledge about nutrition and health among parents, unhygienic environment and infection. Malnutrition is thus a multifaceted problem requiring a variety of intervention measures for its control. As an important strategy to overcome malnutrition. Government of India has formulated the ICDS programme to increase the survival rate and enhance the health, nutrition and learning opportunities of preschool children and their mothers.
