Chandigarh, September 28- As part of the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, the Department of Women and Child Development is organising nutrition and anaemia awareness campaigns at all Anganwadi centres across Haryana. Anganwadi workers and helpers are actively participating in these programmes to sensitise children, women and the general public about balanced nutrition, healthy eating habits and prevention of anaemia.

 

Sharing more details in this regard, an official spokesperson said that people are being informed about the importance of a healthy and nutritious diet through various awareness activities. Experts and Anganwadi workers are also educating participants about the causes, symptoms and preventive measures related to anaemia and encouraging them to include iron-rich foods in their regular diet.

 

Special emphasis is being laid on the consumption of nutritious and iron-rich foods such as green leafy vegetables, pulses, gram, soybean, jaggery and sesame.

 

The spokesperson said information is also being provided on the nutritional importance of food items supplied through Anganwadi centres, including murmura, soybean, porridge, churma, milk and protein milk bars. Parents are being made aware of the importance of regular consumption of these nutritious foods, particularly for improving the nutritional status of underweight children and supporting their physical development.

 

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