National Nutrition Week is celebrated every year from September 1 to September 7 to aware the public aware of important signs of their well-being and prosperity. During National Nutrition Week 2024, individuals from around the world can be encouraged to maintain their appearance, and they can simply rest. People can learn about their nutritional habits and their adapted eating habits, from which they can acquire good nutrients.
A balanced diet must contain whole grains, organic products, vegetables, non-fat drain elements, meat, angels, nuts, seeds, and so on. The goal of National Nutrition Week is to improve the nutritional awareness of the group by preparing well, giving practical instructions, giving lessons, competing, appearing in the streets, performing many crusades, and becoming a healthy nation.
History of National Nutrition Week Celebration
National Nutrition Week was launched in March 1973 by members of the American Dietetic Association (now the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) to educate the public about the message of nutrition education while promoting the profession of a dietitian. In 1980, the public was well received and the week-long celebration became a month-long festival.
In 1982, the central Indian government launched the celebration of National Nutrition Week. The campaign was launched to educate citizens about the importance of nutrition and encourage them to adopt a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.
We all know that malnutrition is one of the main obstacles to the general development of the country needed to defeat and fight it. National Nutrition Week is celebrated.
Importance of Nutrition
Nutrition is the science or practice of food consumption and use. Foods provide our body with energy, proteins, essential fats, vitamins, and minerals to live, grow and function properly. A balanced diet is therefore important for health and well-being. An unhealthy diet is said to increase the risk of many food-related illnesses.
Good nutrition is necessary because
1. Poor nutrition will reduce well-being.
2. Helps maintain a healthy weight
3. Provide energy.
4. Delays the effect of aging.
5. Maintains the immune system
6. A healthy diet also has a positive effect on your mood.
7. A healthy diet prolongs life.
8. Reduces the risk of chronic diseases.
9. Even a healthy diet increases concentration.
Do you know that the human body needs seven important types of nutrients? All nutrients do not provide energy but are just as important as water and fiber. Micronutrients are also important but are needed in small amounts. Essential organic compounds are vitamins that the body can not synthesize.
Common Nutrition Problems in India
Nutrition is about survival, health, and development for present and future generations. Underweight children have reduced immune function and an increased risk of developing diseases such as diabetes and heart disease later in life. Malnourished children generally have low IQs and impaired cognitive abilities, which affect their academic performance and productivity thereafter. It should be noted that nutritional health and all age groups are part of the national economic asset.
Improving the nutritional status of the population is essential for national development. Malnutrition in young children remains a major public health problem in India. NFHS4 showed no encouraging improvement in nutritional status, especially among women and children. According to NFHS-4, the underweight was down 6.8%, down 9.6%. The level of anaemia decreased by 11% compared to the NNHS 3 figures.
Malnutrition must be understood not only as a consequence of poverty, which negatively affects the health and development of the individual but also as a national problem that leads to loss of productivity and economic backwardness. It’s time to create a moment to improve nutrition at the individual level. Therefore, in mission mode, a series of convergent and well-coordinated actions in different sectors must be taken to address this major problem of network malnutrition.
National Nutrition Policy
The National Nutrition Policy (NNP) was adopted by the government in 1993. The National Nutrition Policy (NNP) has defined key actions in various nutrition-related areas, such as justice, tribal care, urban development, rural development, work, development of women and children, and persons with special needs, as well as monitoring and control.
The main strategy of the NNP is to address the problem of nutrition through direct nutrition interventions for vulnerable groups and through various development tools that improve access and create conditions for improved nutrition.
NNP’s immediate short-term nutritional measures include: (i) nutritional measures for vulnerable groups such as children under 6, adolescent girls, and pregnant or breastfeeding women, an extension of safety nets, Facilitating behavioral changes in mothers and the impact of adolescent girls Covering pregnant women (ii) fortification of essential foods with appropriate nutrients; (iii) the popularization of low-cost nutritious foods made from locally available and locally available raw materials; (iv) the fight against micronutrient deficiencies among vulnerable groups.
Long-term indirect nutrition measures leading to institutional and structural changes include:
- Food security for improved availability of food grains;
- Improve nutritional habits through production and demonstration;
- Income transfer measures aimed at improving the overall demand of the rural and urban poor, improving purchasing power and strengthening the public distribution system;
- Agrarian reform measures to reduce the vulnerability of the landless and rural poor;
- Provide a basic knowledge of health and nutrition;
- Prevention of falsification of food;
- Strengthening of the health and family care program;
- Monitoring of nutrition programs;
- Explore various aspects of nutrition;
- Equal pay for women;
- Improvement of nutritional monitoring;
- Communication through established media;
- Administration of the minimum wage in order to ensure its strict application and timely revision and to associate with price increases through specific legislation providing for an appropriate nutrition formula providing for minimum support for agricultural workers and a holiday at least 60 days of the employer Quarter of pregnancy;
- Community participation in raising awareness of FNN members’ active involvement in nutrition management programs and related interventions of beneficiary committees, women’s participation in food production and processing, and promotion of gardens vegetable gardens, food preservation, preparation of food for cessation, request for nutritional advice;
- Improving the status of women;
- Education and literacy.
Objectives of the National Nutrition Week Celebration
- To check the problems of Nutrition in the communities.
- Evaluate appropriate techniques for preventing and combating nutritional problems through extensive research.
- Conduct operational research to plan and implement national nutrition programs.
- Monitor the nutrition and nutritional status of the country.
- Educate people about health and nutrition through orientation training.
National Nutrition Week 2024 Theme: National Nutrition Month® #nationalnutritionmonth
National Nutrition Week 2020 Theme is “Eat Right, Bite by Bite“
The theme of 2019 National Nutrition Week was “To increase the public’s awareness of the importance of good nutrition and position registered dietitian nutritionists as the authorities in nutrition.”
The theme of 2018 National Nutrition Week was “Go Further with Food” and in 2017 was “Optimal infant and young child feeding practices: better child health”.
This time theme focuses on the main source of food that must be chosen wisely and request you to explore the nutritional food options offered by Mother Nature. In addition, National Nutrition Week offers a holistic approach to a healthier society by one theme at a time.
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| September Social Events | Date of Celebration |
| National Nutrition Week | 1st September to 7th September |
| Teacher’s day | 5th September |
| International Literacy Day | 8th September |
| Hindi Diwas | 14th September |
| Engineers’ Day | 15th September |
| Sanchayika Day | 15th September |
| World Ozone Day | 16th September |
| World Deaf Day | Last Sunday of the Month of September |
| World Tourism Day | 27th September |
| World Heart Day | 29th September |