WEBINAR- REAL SOLUTIONS TO THE UNIVERSAL PROBLEM OF MALNUTRITION

(SEPTEMBER 25, 2021)

SHARP NGO conducted the webinar on September 25, 2021 for Youth and adolescent health under POSHAN ABHIYAN. Esteemed resource persons were: Dr Shilpa Verma, Dr. Parmeet kaur, Dr. Subhasshree Ray and Dr Mansi Patil.

During Pandemic and after, series with the topic: webinar on “Real Solutions to the Universal Problem of malnutrition” (POSHAN MAAH 2021) was conducted.

In this webinar, they talked about Malnutrition and various Government initiatives to handle the situation. One such initiative is POSHAN MAAH being celebrated in the Schools. They guided that in private school nutritional clubs can be made and regular monitoring of childrens’ dietary intake can be checked.

They suggested various activities like:

·      My health chart (for Visual impact should be displayed in the classrooms.)

·      Healthy Diet Day Celebration

·      Diet Diary

·      Meal Planning sessions

All these activities can be planned in the school to sensitize children towards their health.