State-level workshop held to mark National Nutrition Week

SHILLONG: A state-level workshop on the theme, ‘Life Cycle Approach for Better Nutrition’, was organised at Don Bosco Youth Centre here on Thursday as part of the National Nutrition Week celebration.
The workshop, organised by the Community Food & Nutrition Extension Unit (CFNEU), Ministry of Women and Child Development, Shillong, in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare, was inaugurated by Director of Social Welfare H.M Shangpliang.
A.S. Guha, Regional Director of IGNOU-Shillong, S. Bihari Singh, Demonstration Officer, CFNEU- Shillong, L.M. Momin, Assistant Director, Social Welfare, and officers from Social Welfare and Health Department were among others who attended the programme.
Addressing the gathering, Shangpliang said the main objective of the celebration was to make people aware of the importance of nutrition. “To reduce malnutrition, the Social Welfare Department, through 5,896 Anganwadi Centres, provides supplementary nutrition to children and pregnant and nursing mothers and adolescent girls from the low income group to improve health and nutritional status,” Shangpliang said.