Swaran Pasricha ¹, Krishna Kumari Menon ¹, T. Ramnath ¹

Affiliations
1 National Institute of Nutrition Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad, IN

Abstract

Importance of organized feeding through industrial canteens for improving not only health and nutritional status of workers but also the productivity has long been realised.

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Parvathi Rau ¹, Krishna Kumari Menon ¹, Malathi Damodaran ¹

Affiliations
1 National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai - Osmania P.O. Hyderabad-500 007, IN

Abstract

Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM) is an important public health problem among the pre-school children in our country- While poor dietary intake caused by poverty and/or lack of knowledge about proper feeding, is the main causative factor, recurrent infection, particularly of the gastrointestinal tract is a major contributory factor.

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