Nutrition workshop comes to an end

CHANDIGARH, NOV 19: "Malnutrition is the biggest impediment to India’s development and needs to be addressed effectively as more than 50 per cent population in India is still malnutrist." This was stated by Shashi Prabha Gupta, Technical Adviser, Food and Nutrition Board, Government of India, on the last day of the Regional Advocacy Workshop on Nutrition Food and Nutrition Board.

The workshop, which was organised by the Department of Women and Child development, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, concluded here today. State representatives presented their reports, identifying specific problems of malnutrition and also high-risk pockets of the states which require attention.

Meenakshi Anand Chaudhary, Secretary, Social Welfare, Haryana, while speaking at the concluding function of the workshop, said an inter-sectoral approach is essential to overcome the menace of malnutrition.