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Ramesh Puri ¹, Parveen Chawla ¹, Saroj Mehta ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh - 160012, IN

Abstract

Systems of group care of pre school children are coming up throughout the country under various agencies. These are meant to provide opportunities for all round development of the children by providing supplementary feeding and other facilities for their general welfare. Education of children and mothers in health and nutrition knowledge and behaviour is also expected to be achieved through these programmes. The young children can be the potential prime mover-innovator in carrying the nutritional and health messages to their homes also.

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Ramesh Puri ¹, Parveen Chawla ¹, Saroj Mehta ¹, Dwarka Pershad ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Supplementary feeding programme (SFP) forms an important target oriented nutrition action programme in India, benefitting mainly pre-schoolers, school children, pregnant and lactating women. These are named differently depending on the beneficiaries, sponsoring agency, type of food and the way it is delivered. In principle they aim at providing additional food to the target group to fill an observed gap between their intake and requirements. The ultimate objective is to improve nutritional status and main, tain it. These programmes are viewed as part of the overall development and fit well into the Government of India's 20 point programme.

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Ramesh Puri ¹, Parveen Chawla ¹, Monica Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Foods and Nutrition, Government Home Science College, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Children constitute the most precious resource for a country. Hence, atmost care must be exercised to promote their health and to protect them from diseasess In India about one to two per cent of pre-school children belonging to poor communities suffer from the severe forms of protein - energy malnutrition like kwashiorkor and marasmus.

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Ramesh Puri ¹, Parveen Chawla ¹, Monica Bhardwaj ¹

Affiliations
1 Government Home Science College, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Children are the wealth of a nation. Adequate nutrition during infancy and childhood is of paramount importance for fostering the all round development physical, mental and emotional to the optimum levels. The young child is very vulnerable to dietary inadequacies. They succumb readily where the environment is insanitary, infectious diseases and infestations are rampant and the quality of the diet is poor.

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