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    Child Nutrition & Access

    This theme focuses on ensuring children have access to healthy, traditional, and nutritious food for their well-being.

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    In your area, a strong consensus highlights the critical importance of enhancing school midday meals to bolster children's health and development. The current proposals emphasize a proactive approach, suggesting the integration of diverse, nutrient-rich foods into daily diets. There's a particular focus on reintroducing traditional and local food items 🌾, including various millets, specific greens like spinach and drumstick, pulses, and even local forest produce such as Mahua, Kendu, and Char. Many suggest specific frequencies, like two to three days a week, for these additions. The overall aim is to ensure children receive balanced nutrition for both physical and mental well-being, moving beyond standard offerings to truly enrich their meals. 💡 This shift promises stronger, healthier children ready to learn. 💪

    Dominant Themes

    Nutritional Enhancement of Midday Meals
    Inclusion of Traditional and Local Foods
    Promotion of Millet-based Dishes
    Children's Physical and Mental Development
    Diversification of Meal Components

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🍎 🌽 🗓Implement a diversified midday meal program incorporating a wide variety of local and traditional foods, considering regional and seasonal availability.
    • 🌾 🍲 💪Prioritize the regular inclusion of millet-based dishes (e.g., ragi, jowar, foxtail millet) 2-3 times per week to leverage their nutritional benefits and align with local food heritage.
    • 🥚 🥛 🥬Supplement meals with essential protein sources like eggs, milk, and various pulses, alongside leafy green vegetables, to ensure comprehensive nutritional intake for children.

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    ODISHA, INDIA88 voices UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA14 voices CHHATTISGARH, INDIA6 voices JHARKHAND, INDIA3 voices MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA3 voices RAJASTHAN, INDIA1 voice

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    🧒 🍲 👍

    If children are given food like Kangu, Jannasua in school, their health will be good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    👶 🍎 💪

    If our children are given food, their health will be good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🌾 💪

    If children are given millet and tribal food two days a week in school midday meals, their health will remain good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    👶 🍲 💪

    If children are given initial cooked food twice a week, their health will remain good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🌾 🧒 💪

    If food like ragi, suva, and millet is given to school children for two days a week in their mid-day meal, their health will remain good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    👶 🍎 💪

    Nutritious food should be used in children's meals, and they should be given eggs and lentil meals once a week so that children can become strong.

    — Pushpalata Surtange · Bemetara, Chhattisgarh

    👧 🌾 💪

    If school children are given foods like ragi, foxtail millet, pearl millet, and kodo millet three days a week, their health will be good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    👶 🍚 💪

    If rice gruel, potato, etc., are given to children, their weight will increase, and their health will be good.

    — Basanti · Nayagarh, Odisha

    🌾 👧 💪

    Giving millet and ragi-based food to school children twice a week will keep them healthy.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    👶 🍲 💪

    If children are given traditional cooked food two days a week, their health will remain good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🌾 🧒 💪

    Providing millet-based food to children two days a week in their midday meal will keep them healthy.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    👶 🥗 💪

    To keep children healthy, pigeon pea lentils and a good amount of spinach.

    — Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🍲 🧒 💪

    If traditional food is given to children in midday meals, their health will remain good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍎 💪

    School children will have good health if nutritious food is provided in their midday meals.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🥛 👶 💪

    Milk, bread, and lentils are beneficial for keeping children healthy.

    — Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🧒 🌾 💪

    Our children will remain healthy if they are given millet food twice a week.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    👶 🌾 💪

    Children's health will improve if they are given cereal-based food for their midday meal. Giving cereal-based food will maintain good health.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🍲 🧒 💪

    If traditional food is given as a midday meal to school children, they will maintain good health.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧑‍🎓 🥣 💪

    Our school children will remain healthy if they are given ragi-based food twice a week.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🥛 ❤️ 👶

    Milk, paneer, lentils for children's health.

    — Chanda · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🥕 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 💪

    If local food is provided to school children in their mid-day meal, their health will be good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🍲 🧒 💪

    Providing traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal will keep them healthy.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🍲 👧 💪

    If we give traditional food to school children for lunch, they will remain healthy.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    👶 🌾 🌱

    Balanced and nutritious food should be provided in ragi (marwa) flour to promote the mental and physical development of children.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🍲 👶 💪

    If traditional foods are given for lunch, children's health will be very good.

    — Basanti · Nayagarh, Odisha

    🍲 👶 💪

    If traditional food is provided to children in our school, they will become healthy and strong.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🥣 🤲 👶

    Pulses, porridge, and milk are nutritious food for children, and the government should make these available to children at all times.

    — Chanda

    🍲 🧒 ❤️

    Providing traditional food twice a week to children in school's midday meal will improve their health.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🍎 🤲 🧒

    Nutritious food should be given to local children.

    — Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, Odisha

    📜 👶 💪

    If traditional food prescribed in ancient texts is given for two days, children's health will remain good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🏫 🥣 💪

    If children in school are given millet and millet cakes daily as part of their midday meal, they will maintain their nutritional intake.

    — Bisendra Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🍚 💪 👶

    Remember that foods like puffed rice, radish, and corn preparations are nutritious for children if provided.

    — Parsuram Sa · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

    👧 🌾 💪

    If children in our school are provided with foods like ragi and jowar in their lunch twice a week, their health will improve.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    👶 🥗 💪

    Children will remain healthy by eating spinach and goat's milk.

    — Chanda · Baghauri, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🧒 🥗 💪

    If children are given other food during lunchtime two days a week, their health will be good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🍲 🧒 💪

    Giving traditional food to school children for lunch will keep them healthy.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🧒 🍎 💪

    If children are given local food for lunch at school, their health remains good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🍠 👶 💪

    Now, the 'Pita Kanda' (a type of yam) found in our Gandhamardhan hills, if brought and given to children along with nutritious food, it will be good for them.

    — Prabhulal Saraf · Nandupāla, Balangir, Odisha

    🌽 🏫 💪

    If food items like millet, maize, and corn are provided in the school's midday meal, health will remain good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    👶 🥗 💪

    Usually, in Anganwadi centers at schools, children should generally be given fruits and various kinds of leafy vegetable preparations in the morning so that they can receive nutrients.

    — Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

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