Integration of family planning and reproductive health services in nutrition programming, an important intervention, is often overlooked. There is a need for strong advocacy for empowering women through such programmes.
By Dr. Sujeet Ranjan 14/03/2020They are targeting to break the vicious cycle of a low birth weight baby girl growing up to become an undernourished child, a weak adolescent with low body mass, eventually ending up in an early marriage leading to a weaker next generation
By Kavita Sardana 01/02/2021Underage or adolescent pregnancies put pressure on our already strained public healthcare system; better education and programmes can alleviate this problem
By Dr (Prof) Sadhana Kala 11/02/2020.
By Outlook Planet Desk 03/12/2022Too many women die in childbirth even now. A husband engaged in his wife’s nutrition is emerging as the single most effective intervention--for a strong and healthy baby, for her and ultimately for him
By Akanksha Srivastava 03/07/2020A Young Nutritionist Writes About Her Experience Of A Poshan Abhiyaan Camp
By Akanksha Srivastava 27/11/2019The National Institute of Hyderabad (NIN) has made major contributions towards raising awareness on malnutrition and poverty. It received the Outlook Poshan Awards 2019 for excellence in the field of nutrition.
By Charupadma Pati 01/02/2021How innovative solutions can help solve the challenge of malnutrition
By Rashmi Rekha Samal 29/09/2019A new study for the first time provides evidence of the dangerous link between adolescence pregnancy and undernutrition. A grave and urgent issue in the fight against malnutrition for India
By Girinandini Singh 16/09/2019