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Supplementary nutrition in India
Dr. Babu lal Meena
MD Pediatrics
Objectives
• To know about nutritional programmes in India
• Basic structure of these programmes
• Benefits of these programmes
• Hurdles in implementation
Poverty
Undernutrition
related disease
Retardation of
Growth and
development
Poor strength of
adults
Impaired
productivity
Low earning
capacity
Outcome
Under-Nutrition
Immediate
Causes
Inadequate
Dietary Intake Disease
Underlying
Health /
Nutrition
Causes
Inadequate
Care for Mothers
and Children
Insufficient
Access to Food
Lack of health services
&
unhealthy environment
Current Nutrition Status
• 26% of the population is still below poverty line
• Wide gap in food production and consumption
• 46% children below 3 years are underweight, 38 % are
stunted, 19% are wasted
• 2.2 million suffer from cretinism
• 7 million children per year affected by Nutritional blindness
Food
security/General
Distribution
Supplementary
feeding
Therapeutic
feeding
Early Intervention Late Intervention
Cost-Benefit Not Cost-effective
National Nutrition Programme
• Integrated child development service scheme
• Mid day meal programme
• National prophylaxis programme for control of Vitamin A
deficiency
• National prophylaxis programme for control of nutritional
anemia
• National control of Iodine deficiency disorders
ICDS
• Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) scheme
• Central departments
– Department of Women and Child development, Ministry of Human
Resources Development
• Nodal departments
– Social welfare, Rural development, Tribal welfare, Health & family
welfare or Women and child development
ICDS
• Beneficiaries
1. Children below 6 years
2. Pregnant and lactating women
3. Women in the age group of 15-45 years
4. Adolescent girls in selected blocks
ICDS
• Objectives
– Proper physical and psychological development of child
– Improve nutritional and health status of children 0-6 years
– Reduce incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school
drop-out
– Enhance the capability of the mother and family to look after the
health, nutritional and developmental needs of the child
– Achieve effective coordination of policy and implementation among
various department to promote child development
Norms of anganwadi
Type AWC/Populat
ion
Mini AWC
Urban 800-1000 Nil
Rural 500-1500 150-500
Tribal 300-1500 150-300
Urban 400-800 Nil
Rural 400-600 150-400
Tribal 300-800 150-300
Population
previously
Population
currently
Target group and service provider
Services Target group Services provided by
Nutrition and
Supplementary nutrition
Children < 6 years, pregnant
and lactating women
AWW, AWH
Immunization
(6 disease)
Children < 6 years, pregnant
and lactating women
ANM, MO
Health check up Children < 6 years, pregnant
and lactating women
ANM, AWW, MO
Referral Children < 6 years, pregnant
and lactating women
ANM, MO, AWW
Pre school education 3-6 years AWW
Nutrition and health
examination
15-45 years ANM, MO, AWW
Supplementary Nutrition Norms
Beneficiaries Pre revised Revised
Calorie Protein Calorie Protein
Below 6 years 300 8-10 500 12-15
Severely malnourished
children
600 20 800 20-25
Pregnant women and
nursing mothers
500 15-20 600 18-20
Financial norms
Pre revised rates Revised rates
Children (6-72 months) Rs. 2 Rs. 4
Severely malnourished
child (6-72 months)
Rs. 2.7 Rs. 6
Pregnant women and
nursing mothers
Rs. 2.3 Rs. 5
Achievements
• 244 lac pre-school children, 95 lac nursing mothers and 562
lac beneficiaries are getting supplementary nutrition
• Better immunization coverage
• Increased institutional delivery
Mid-Day
Meals in
India
MDM programme
• Mid day meal programme
• Since 1923 in Madras Tamilnadu 1982
• Formally launched on Aug 1995 in India
• November 2001 Supreme court made obligatory for the Govt.
to provide cooked meals to children in Govt. school
• By Oct-2002 it also included Govt. supported schools
MDM programme
• Objectives
– Increase school attendance
– Reduce school dropout
– Beneficial impact on children’s nutrition and health
Supplementary nutritional programmes in india
Norms in MDM programme
Beneficiaries Calorie
(k/cal/day)
Protein
(gm/kg/day)
Money
Up to 8th class 350-500 (1/3
RDA)
12-15 (1/2 RDA) Rs. 2.5
Achievements of MDM scheme
• Better nutrition to children
• More school enrollment
• Decreased school dropout
• Socialization and Educational benefits
• Better nutritional status
• Decreased economic burden to families
Enrolment, Attendance and Retention
• Enrolment: Big gains,
especially for girls and
children of other
disadvantaged groups (SCs
and STs).
•Attendance and rentention: Limited evidence on
improvement but measurement issues make it
difficult to capture these effects.
Nutrition: Quantity
• Prescribed food quantity
– 300 grams of grain & 8-12 grams of protein
– Increased to 450 grams of grain and 12-15 grams of
protein in the 2006 Guidelines
Nutrition: Quality
• Depends on:
– Menu (plain boiled rice)
– Cooking practices
– Hygiene conditions (kitchens, drinking water)
Socialization and Health benefits
• Socialization
(Eating together)
• Overcoming caste
discrimination
(Denial of food to Scheduled
caste children, Segregated
seating, separate food/utensils
for children of different castes)
• Inculcating hygienic
habits
(Washing hands and utensils
before and after eating, eating
together)
Educational benefits
• Impact on learning:
– Eliminates classroom hunger - children able to
concentrate better as many children would come to
school on an empty stomach
– Makes school environment more fun
Accidents
• Many small no of poisoning cases
• Largest is in Bihar
– Killed 23 children
– Organophosphorous poisoning
– Occurred due to unmonitored food supply
– It could be prevented by good monitoring
Supplementary nutritional programmes in india
What not done
• Surveillance of supplied raw material
• Good storage facilities not available
• Hygiene maintenance not done
• Sample survey of food served to children
• Action despite of repeated poisoning cases
A survey done by an institute
• Small cooking area
• Less no of staff
• Lack of good light and ventilation
• Lack of exhaust fan
• Lack of wash basin and soap, hot water
• Lack of staff changing facility
• Gloves not used
A survey done by an institute cont.
• Hand swab showing
– Coagulase negative staph, Staph aureus, E. Coli
– Enterococcus, acinetobacter
• Food showing
– Bacilus cereus
– Enterococcus, coliforms
Advantage
• Better nutrition to child
• Improved health of child and
women
• Decreased family burden
• Good school attendance
• Reduced school drop out
Disadvantage
Disadvantage
• Recurrent incidence of poisoning
• No national system of nutrition
monitoring and surveillance
Food security bill
• Food security act – 2013
• 1.25 lakh crore, Central Govt. funded
• Largest in the world
• 2/3 rd population will receive 5 kg/month food grain at 1-3
rupee/kg from ration shop
• Under process in parliament
What could be done
• Targeted surveillance to find out prevalence of
undernourished children
• Surveillance of mid day meal kitchens and storage system
• Proper monitoring of mid day meal
• To maintain hygiene of food
Supplementary nutritional programmes in india

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  • 1. Supplementary nutrition in India Dr. Babu lal Meena MD Pediatrics
  • 2. Objectives • To know about nutritional programmes in India • Basic structure of these programmes • Benefits of these programmes • Hurdles in implementation
  • 3. Poverty Undernutrition related disease Retardation of Growth and development Poor strength of adults Impaired productivity Low earning capacity
  • 4. Outcome Under-Nutrition Immediate Causes Inadequate Dietary Intake Disease Underlying Health / Nutrition Causes Inadequate Care for Mothers and Children Insufficient Access to Food Lack of health services & unhealthy environment
  • 5. Current Nutrition Status • 26% of the population is still below poverty line • Wide gap in food production and consumption • 46% children below 3 years are underweight, 38 % are stunted, 19% are wasted • 2.2 million suffer from cretinism • 7 million children per year affected by Nutritional blindness
  • 7. National Nutrition Programme • Integrated child development service scheme • Mid day meal programme • National prophylaxis programme for control of Vitamin A deficiency • National prophylaxis programme for control of nutritional anemia • National control of Iodine deficiency disorders
  • 8. ICDS • Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) scheme • Central departments – Department of Women and Child development, Ministry of Human Resources Development • Nodal departments – Social welfare, Rural development, Tribal welfare, Health & family welfare or Women and child development
  • 9. ICDS • Beneficiaries 1. Children below 6 years 2. Pregnant and lactating women 3. Women in the age group of 15-45 years 4. Adolescent girls in selected blocks
  • 10. ICDS • Objectives – Proper physical and psychological development of child – Improve nutritional and health status of children 0-6 years – Reduce incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school drop-out – Enhance the capability of the mother and family to look after the health, nutritional and developmental needs of the child – Achieve effective coordination of policy and implementation among various department to promote child development
  • 11. Norms of anganwadi Type AWC/Populat ion Mini AWC Urban 800-1000 Nil Rural 500-1500 150-500 Tribal 300-1500 150-300 Urban 400-800 Nil Rural 400-600 150-400 Tribal 300-800 150-300 Population previously Population currently
  • 12. Target group and service provider Services Target group Services provided by Nutrition and Supplementary nutrition Children < 6 years, pregnant and lactating women AWW, AWH Immunization (6 disease) Children < 6 years, pregnant and lactating women ANM, MO Health check up Children < 6 years, pregnant and lactating women ANM, AWW, MO Referral Children < 6 years, pregnant and lactating women ANM, MO, AWW Pre school education 3-6 years AWW Nutrition and health examination 15-45 years ANM, MO, AWW
  • 13. Supplementary Nutrition Norms Beneficiaries Pre revised Revised Calorie Protein Calorie Protein Below 6 years 300 8-10 500 12-15 Severely malnourished children 600 20 800 20-25 Pregnant women and nursing mothers 500 15-20 600 18-20
  • 14. Financial norms Pre revised rates Revised rates Children (6-72 months) Rs. 2 Rs. 4 Severely malnourished child (6-72 months) Rs. 2.7 Rs. 6 Pregnant women and nursing mothers Rs. 2.3 Rs. 5
  • 15. Achievements • 244 lac pre-school children, 95 lac nursing mothers and 562 lac beneficiaries are getting supplementary nutrition • Better immunization coverage • Increased institutional delivery
  • 17. MDM programme • Mid day meal programme • Since 1923 in Madras Tamilnadu 1982 • Formally launched on Aug 1995 in India • November 2001 Supreme court made obligatory for the Govt. to provide cooked meals to children in Govt. school • By Oct-2002 it also included Govt. supported schools
  • 18. MDM programme • Objectives – Increase school attendance – Reduce school dropout – Beneficial impact on children’s nutrition and health
  • 20. Norms in MDM programme Beneficiaries Calorie (k/cal/day) Protein (gm/kg/day) Money Up to 8th class 350-500 (1/3 RDA) 12-15 (1/2 RDA) Rs. 2.5
  • 21. Achievements of MDM scheme • Better nutrition to children • More school enrollment • Decreased school dropout • Socialization and Educational benefits • Better nutritional status • Decreased economic burden to families
  • 22. Enrolment, Attendance and Retention • Enrolment: Big gains, especially for girls and children of other disadvantaged groups (SCs and STs). •Attendance and rentention: Limited evidence on improvement but measurement issues make it difficult to capture these effects.
  • 23. Nutrition: Quantity • Prescribed food quantity – 300 grams of grain & 8-12 grams of protein – Increased to 450 grams of grain and 12-15 grams of protein in the 2006 Guidelines
  • 24. Nutrition: Quality • Depends on: – Menu (plain boiled rice) – Cooking practices – Hygiene conditions (kitchens, drinking water)
  • 25. Socialization and Health benefits • Socialization (Eating together) • Overcoming caste discrimination (Denial of food to Scheduled caste children, Segregated seating, separate food/utensils for children of different castes) • Inculcating hygienic habits (Washing hands and utensils before and after eating, eating together)
  • 26. Educational benefits • Impact on learning: – Eliminates classroom hunger - children able to concentrate better as many children would come to school on an empty stomach – Makes school environment more fun
  • 27. Accidents • Many small no of poisoning cases • Largest is in Bihar – Killed 23 children – Organophosphorous poisoning – Occurred due to unmonitored food supply – It could be prevented by good monitoring
  • 29. What not done • Surveillance of supplied raw material • Good storage facilities not available • Hygiene maintenance not done • Sample survey of food served to children • Action despite of repeated poisoning cases
  • 30. A survey done by an institute • Small cooking area • Less no of staff • Lack of good light and ventilation • Lack of exhaust fan • Lack of wash basin and soap, hot water • Lack of staff changing facility • Gloves not used
  • 31. A survey done by an institute cont. • Hand swab showing – Coagulase negative staph, Staph aureus, E. Coli – Enterococcus, acinetobacter • Food showing – Bacilus cereus – Enterococcus, coliforms
  • 32. Advantage • Better nutrition to child • Improved health of child and women • Decreased family burden • Good school attendance • Reduced school drop out Disadvantage Disadvantage • Recurrent incidence of poisoning • No national system of nutrition monitoring and surveillance
  • 33. Food security bill • Food security act – 2013 • 1.25 lakh crore, Central Govt. funded • Largest in the world • 2/3 rd population will receive 5 kg/month food grain at 1-3 rupee/kg from ration shop • Under process in parliament
  • 34. What could be done • Targeted surveillance to find out prevalence of undernourished children • Surveillance of mid day meal kitchens and storage system • Proper monitoring of mid day meal • To maintain hygiene of food