National nutritional policy

 National nutritional policy (NNP)

National nutritional policy was initiated by Indian Government.

The goal of national nutritional policy is to improve the nutritional status of people especially pregnant and lactating mother, adolescent girl, children and old person, to prevent malnutrition.

NNP taken tackle the problem of malnutrition and develop policies to get overcome problem of malnutrition.

NNP is started of government of India. The aim of NNP is to provide adequate nutrition to child, pregnant women and adult, makes malnutrition free India.

Objective/ aim/ goal of national nutrition policy

Reduction in malnutrition

Improvement in nutritional status of people

Implement direct and indirect policy

Contribute human source to development economic and social goal.

Reaching nutritional information to the patient

Maintain health status

Identify short term, intermediate and long term strategies

Orient relevant sector

Implementing nutritional health policy

Inter-sectoral coordination,state, distinct, blocks, village

Involve in prophylactic cure

Collect nutritional data

Nutritional monitoring and mapping

Raising the standard of living

Keep free from malnutrition problem

Nutrition interventions for vulnerable group

Approach people

Goal of National Nutritional Policy

1. Direct interventions; Direct policy, short term goal

2. Indirect interventions; Indirect policy, long term goal

1. Direct Interventions

Attention toward vulnerable group, target group

Health schemes

Food fortifications in foods items

Control deficiency of micronutrients

Prophylaxis programme, action taken to prevent diseases

Encourage low cost nutritional food fortifications

2. Indirect interventions

(Long term goal or policy)

Increasing food production

Making and implementing food policy

Health communication to public

Improving purchasing power

Generate employment

Food security

Improvement status of women

Various prophylaxis programmes

Research

Monitoring nutrition programme

Improving dietary patterns

Nutrition surveillance

Community participation

Prevention of food adulteration

Health and nutritional knowledge

Education

Health and family welfare scheme

NNP aim to address these problem by utilizing direct and indirect interventions.

Function of food and Nutrition board

Agricultural and rural programme

Food and nutrition programme

Evaluation of nutritional intervention programme

Supervise and review implemented programme

Nutritional assessment survey

Food preservation and processesing policy

Develop system and guidelines to support nutritional need

Conservation and efficient of food resources

Monitoring nutritional status

Health education

Advantage of nutritional policy

Government and public aware

Prevent malnutrition

Orient relevant sector

Empowerment of women

Nutrition surveillance

Production and food distribution

Need of intersectioral appproach

Action required from malnutrition problem

Multisectoral approach

Direct and indirect intervention plan

Nutrition; basic key for country's development

Implementation of national nutrition policy

Multisectoral approach coordination

Agriculture

Food, civil supplies

Education and environment

Rural development

Healthy and family welfare

National nutrition policy key strategies

Prevent chronic malnutrition; through improved dietary intake

Prevent obesity and lifestyle disease; through promotion of optimum eating and physical exercise

Improved maternal nutrition status; vulnerable group

Improve nutrition related programming

Treat micronutrient disorder

Tackle of Nutrition problem through direct and indirect intervention