Nutrition

Daily Nutrient Intake

  • The third round of the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) survey completed in 2008-09 found that the mean intake of most foodstuffs and nutrients by tribal people continued to be below the Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA) by the Indian Council of Medical Research and had in fact reduced over the years, across all age groups and for both genders. This is worrisome and maybe indicative of a rising food insecurity or a change in dietary habits.
  • Only about 29-32% of children of different age groups and 63-74% among adult men and women were consuming diets that were ....

Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content
Buy January 2019 Issue

Already a Member? Login here

Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material before the last six months of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Be an Annual Subscriber
Articles