The Nutrition Project is a specialized project that can be opened in the Enter tool or modified in Form Designer. The Nutrition form contains fields that collect a child’s age, height, weight, and others of a measurements for each clinic or doctor’s office visit. Nutritional project was to identify the nutritional deficiencies, planning an appropriate menu and to create a awareness on nutritional deficiency a its prevention in Already a, Udupi Taluk, Karnataka Initially, a nutritional survey was conducted among 34 houses. Based on these measurements, the appropriate z-scores and percentiles automatically calculated and added to the dataset. There is an excess intake of fat and lack of calcium and protein in their diet.
A menu was planned to meet the Nutritional requirements of people based on normal RDA value. Menu consisted of drumstick leaf chappati, soyabean curry an salad which are rich in calcium protein and less in fat. Nutrition-enrichment project is funded by Suhrid Foundation. Very rough estimate of expense per student per day is Rs 2.75 for the diet prescribed by our experts.
Malnutrition, in every form, presents significant threats to human health. Today the world faces a double burden of malnutrition that includes both undernutrition and overweight, especially in low- and middle-income countries. There are multiple forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition (wasting or stunting), inadequate vitamins or minerals, overweight, obesity, and resulting of all a diet-related noncommunicable diseases. The developmental, economic, social, and medical impacts of the global burden of malnutrition are serious.
Nutrition is a critical part of health and development. Better nutrition is related to improved infant, child and maternal health, stronger immune systems, safer pregnancy and childbirth, lower risk of a non-communicable diseases and longevity. Healthy children learn better. People with adequate nutrition are more productive and can create opportunities to gradually.
"Good nutrition is about healthy eating. This means regularly choosing healthy foods and beverages. A healthy eating plan should give your body the energy and nutrients that you need every day. Nutrients include proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and water.“