Food security: Pillars, Determinants and Factors Affecting It
What is Food Security? Food security “exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food […]
Nutrition
Key Messages of IMAM (Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition) Program
IMAM stands for Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition. It is an integrated program to fight back against acute malnutrition. It is a nutritional program designed […]
What is F-75 and F-100: Twelve Differences !!
F-75 and F-100, also known as Formula 75 and Formula 100 milk, are therapeutic foods/milk given to Severe Acute Malnourished (SAM) Child. They are high […]
12 Things You Must know About Stabilization Centre/Inpatient Therapeutic Centre !
Before jumping into Stabilization Centre, we must know what is Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)? In children who are 6–59 months of age, severe acute malnutrition […]
16 Easy Tips to Safely Store and Handle Breast Milk !!
Breast milk is the ideal food for infants and young child. It should be done for at least 1st two years of life of a […]
Breast feeding is the best feeding- 23 advantages to mother and baby !
What is Breastfeeding? Simply, breast feeding means feeding breast milk to the young child It is an act of feeding a young child with breast […]
Malnutrition, Its Causes and Types of Malnutrition
What is Malnutrition? Dissecting the terminology to make it easy for us, Malnutrition = Mal + Nutrition where ‘Mal’ means poor/bad. Now, in order to […]
Z-Score and its Classification
Introduction Z-score, also known as Standard Deviation (SD) score is the measure of dispersion/relative deviance of the data from the mean/median value i.e. measure of […]
What is Bio-fortification? Some Must Know Basics !
Introduction The term bio-fortification came from Greek word “bios” means “life” and Latin word “fortificare” means “make strong” Bio-fortification is the process of fortifying/increasing the […]