National Nutrition Week

National Nutrition Week is celebrated from September 1 to September 7 every year to make them aware about the better health and well being of the people. To look good and feel, the whole world can be educated through National Nutrition Week campaign. People can be aware of their eating plate and balanced diet, so that they can get good nutrition. For good health, plenty of grains, fruits, green vegetables, lubricated milk or milk products, meat, fish, almonds etc. should be eaten. The aim of the National Nutrition Week is to create a healthy nation, which requires the spread of awareness of the nurturing tradition among the people of communities by accepting training, timely education, seminars, various competitions, road show etc. with other campaigns.

National Nutrition Week 2018 will be celebrated from 1 September Saturday to 7 September.

National Nutrition Week

This one-week campaign includes one-day training, nutritional food from healthy foods, an exhibition by the students of home science, explain the nutritional importance of wheat and soybean, various competitions, mothers Nutrition related speech, seminars and road show etc. are made aware by the people. The National Nutrition Week campaign has a furnishings that are full of resources to help the family to make healthy food. In this campaign, World Food Day and Nude Food Day are also associated with the year 2010.

According to reports, it is worth noting that people have started using sweet drinks, which is a major cause of obesity and weight gain in adolescent days. On September 8, 2010, the Department of Food Science and Nutrition Management established a one-day festival to tell people about nutrition awareness. Under this campaign, poster competition, cooking competition for healthy heart meal, explaining to balanced diet, measuring BMI, lectures on diseases, cardiovascular protection etc.

History of the National Nutrition Week

This campaign was first introduced by the Central Government in the year 1982 to promote good health and healthy life through nutrition education as malnutrition is a main obstacle for national development. In order to promote the people for this goal, 43 units of the Food and Nutrition Board (Women and Children Department, Health and NGO) are working efficiently across the country.

To provide a large-scale immunization and healthy life to the newly born baby born, the first milk known as mother's milk or neoplasm is encouraged to feed the mother to feed her newborn. To keep an awareness program for nutrition and diet in Bhagwan Mahavir Jain Hospital, Bangalore, Indian Diet Committee decided to include cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and diet of children and women.

Activities on National Nutrition Week

People are encouraged by various nutritional education and training programs by celebrating National Nutrition Week throughout the week.
A large number of awareness campaigns are being run by government and non-government health organizations.
People are encouraged by distributing nutritional education and training materials.
People are given proper training to protect fruits, vegetables and other food items.
People are properly trained about food analysis and standardization.
To achieve the goal of National Nutrition Week celebration, various national nutrition policies are run by the government.