VISIT TO A COMMUNITY NUTRITION

PROGRAMME IN NEAR BY AREA

AIM:
Visit to a Community Nutrition programme in near by area
INTRODUCTION :
Community Nutrition incorporates the study of nutrition and
the promotion of good health through food and nutrient intake
in populations .The community rather than the individual is the
focus of interest .The area of nutrition focuses on the
promotion of good health and the primary prevention of diet –
related illness.
DEFINITION:
Community nutrition has been defined as the group of activities
linked to Applied Nutrition within the context of public Health ,
whose nation goal is to tailor individual and population food
patterns according to updated scientific knowledge ,in a certain
region with o final aim of health promotion.
Objectives of the community nutrition program:
 To improve overall nutrition status vulnerable group.
 To overcome specific nutritional deficiencies among
mothers and children
  To help tom achieve better nutrition through indirect
schemes.
The programmes objectives were to: halt further deterioation
in the nutritional status of the most vulnerable groups (children
under three and PlW) in targeted poor urban neighbourhoods:
provide potable water to under-serviced neighbourhoods
targeted under the nutrition programme:and enhance
household food security among the poor urban population and
in targeted poor rural areas during critical periods of
vulnerability.
COMMUNITY NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMMES :
 Large scale supplementary programees
 Main aim is to improve nutritional status in target groups.
 To overcome specific diseases through various ministries
to combat malnutrition.
POST AND PRE-PREGANANCY NUTRITION PROGRAMMES :
ANNA AMRUTHA HASTHAM:
This programme is conducted in the community nutrition
center itself only they give cooked rice,leafy vegetables curry
and sambar so that they can get good nutrition and can able to
build up the health.
YSR SAMPURNA POSHANA:
This is an take home ration (THR) ,where it has been
distributed to the pregnancy woman in the community
nutrition center .This has some of the protein based ,iron
riched food items those are
Poha -1kg
Jowar flour-1kg
Ragi flour -1kg
Dry dates -1/4 kg
 Peanut chikki- 1/4kg
Milk packets- 200ml packet
Eggs -25

6MONTHS – 3YEARS CHILDREN NUTRITION PROGRAMME

The programme is majorly based on the infant baby who is are
ready to talk the soild food for their growth and improvement
in the body. This has been given to them as the take home
ration in the community nutrition center itself and these have
some of the vitamins and rich calcium, iron food items. This will
be given to 25 days in a month for their nutrition development
purpose. Those are :
Balaamrutham -2 half kg
Eggs-25 days
Milk- 100ml packet (each day)
3YEARS-6YEARS CHILDREN Y.S.R PRE SCHOOL
This has been called as Y.S.R PRE SCHOOL as the name itself
indicates that it is the primary school where the children can
get knowledge by learning the basic education. This
programme majorly invented to attract backward class
children to educated and give food along with education . This
how the government started to educate all the people at the
age of 3 to 6 years .This has been done at the community
nutrition center (anganvadi center) where they provide some of
the food items like cooked rice, any vegetable curry ,leafy
vegetables curry mostly used (asparagus,gongura) ,sambar , 1
egg (daily one )as the lunch at school and in the evening as
snacks they provide boiled milk and given to the children. In
such a way that they provide Nutritious food to the children .
RESULT:
As I have visited this Nutrition center I got to know about
many new things about the foods that are mostly preferred to
the post and pre pregnancy and also to the 6months to 3years
children,3years to 6years children. I really appreciate the
governments concerning on the people who are low class and
backward .This may give mostly nutrition to them .