K. Vijayaraghavan ¹

Affiliations
1 SHARE India (Mediciti Institutions), Hyderabad - 500 007, IN

Abstract

Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA), along with Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD), and Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) continues to pose significant challenge to public health all over India. It is the commonest nutrition disorder in the worid, particulariy affecting the women in reproductive age group and young children in tropical and subtropical regions.

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Krishnakumari Menon ¹, K. Venkaiah ¹, K. Vijayaraghavan ¹, K. V. Rameshwar Sarma ¹

Affiliations
1 National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai Osmania (PO) Hyderabad - 500 007, IN

Abstract

In India, about a half of pre-school children ore under-nourished. Undernutrition manifests as subnormal growth or growth retardation and is measured by levels of stunting, wasting and underweight. Therefore, measurement of growth, in spite of some practical limitations, is a convenient and useful tool in the hands of primary health care workers. Growth monitoring has been an integral part of nutrition surveillance and a number of public health intervention programs like the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and Tamil Nadu Integrated Nutrition Project (TINP) in India. Growth monitoring in early childhood is an important component of the ICDS program. These children are weighed every month using Salter weighing scale at the Anganwadi Centre (AWC) and the weights are plotted on growth charts.

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N. A. N. Rao ¹, K. Vijayaraghavan ¹

Affiliations
1 Defence Food Research Laboratory, Mysore, IN

Abstract

With the deployment of Indian troops along the border regions of the country, the Indian army has been called upon to operate in remote areas located either in hot and humid regions or cold and high altitudes, or in mountainous and jungle terrains. Service feeding in such theatres of operation imposes many restrictions on the services of supply of rations.

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