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Jamshedpur, Sept. 1: Now the state and students can fight the battle against malnutrition together.
Pooja Talikoti, an associate professor with the department of nutrition, University of Rajasthan, who is also associated with Unicef, has decided to bring students of Jamshedpur Women’s College and the district health department together for the cause.
Students of the Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics (CND) department of the college will assist the district health department. Once they start working on the project, they will be responsible for standardisation and content of the food. Students will also get a chance to recommend food items to children in malnutrition treatment centres, sahiyas and anganwadis.
Students would also be required to prepare low-cost recipes, protein and calorie rich food for infants and quality control for the same. Those who take part, will also be able to conduct necessary laboratory tests in order to measure the moisture in the food or iron and protein content required in the diet.
“The college already has a nutrition department and they can work and contribute in this area together. The tie-up will bring students, the state and Unicef on the same platform. If things fall on track, this will be for the first time that a college would assist the health department. We will discuss the proposal in the upcoming review meeting of the district health department,” said Talikoti, the associate professor, department of nutrition, University of Rajasthan, also associated with Unicef.
Talikoti was here to deliver a lecture to the students on the first day of the Nutrition Week organised by the CND department of the college.
“Students will also benefit from the work. Though there will be no monetary benefits, this will help their career. They will learn practical things and would get recognition in their area of expertise. However, before they start they would require to engage in field visits and discussions with experts,” said Talikoti.
The college has also decided to start a health club where students will get health cards for Rs 20. The college has also roped in some doctors for a routine check up of the students every month.
“It sounds good but I can’t comment until we go through the problems in the proposal. Let’s see how it can work,” said Deepali Dey, the district civil surgeon.
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