1. The document discusses several national nutritional programmes in India, including the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, mid-day meal programme, and vitamin A prophylaxis programme. 2. The ICDS programme aims to improve child nutrition, health, and development. It provides supplementary nutrition, immunizations, health checkups, and preschool education. 3. The mid-day meal programme provides free lunches in primary schools to increase school attendance and reduce hunger. Children are provided at least 300 calories and 12 grams of protein per day. 4. The vitamin A prophylaxis programme provides doses of vitamin A supplements to children every 6 months to prevent vitamin A deficiency and related conditions like blindness

1. SEMINAR ON:
NATIONAL NUTRITIONAL
PROGRAMMES
Presented By:
Mr. Mahesh Chand
Lecturer

2. NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMMES
INTRODUCTION
Government of India has initiated several large scale
supplementary feeding program. And programmes
aimed at over coming specific deficiency disease
through various ministers to carinate malnutrition.

3. DEFINATION
 NUTRITON- ‘Science of food and its relationship to
health. It is concerned primarily with the part played
by the nutrients in body growth development and
maintenance.’

5. I. INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES(ICDS)
INTRODUCTION-
a) Blue print of scheme was prepared by department
of social welfare in 1975.
b) The experiment project was conducted in year
1975-1976.
c) It was conducted in 4 urban,19 rural and 10 tribal
areas. Spread over 22 states and the union
territory of Delhi.
d) The population norms for setting up of anganwadi
centres and mini anganwadi centres has been
revised to cover all habitations by
SC,ST,Minorities.
e) For the anganwadi centres in rural and urban
project population range from 400-800.

6. SERVICES CONSIST OF;
 SUPPLEMENTATRY NUTRION.
 IMMUNIZATION
 HEALTH CHECK UP
 MEDICAL REFERRAL SERVICES
 NUTRION AND HEALTH EDUCATION FOR
WOMEN
 NON-FORMAL EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN
UPTO AGE 6 YRS.

7. OBJECTIVES OF ICDS;
 To improve the nutritional health status of
children.(0-6yrs)
 To lay foundation for proper psychological, physical
and social development of children.
 To reduce the mortality and morbidly malnutrition
school drop out.
 To achieve an effective coordination of policy and
implementation among various departments.
 To enhance the capacity of mother and nutritional
oral needs of children through proper nutrition and
health education.

9. 1.SUPPLEMENTARY NUTRION
 THE AIM OF THIS SCHEME IS TO SUPPLMENT
NUTRIONAL INTAKE AS FOLLOWS;
A)Each child 6months to 6yrs – 500 kcal, 12- 15
grams of protein.
 Financial norms of Rs. 4.00 per child per day.
B)several malnutrition child 6months to 6yrs – 800kal,
and 20-25 grams proteins.
 Financial norms Rs.6 per child day.

10. CONTI……
C)Each pregnant and nursing women- 600 kcal and
18-20 grams of proteins.
 Financial norms rs.5 per day.

12.  This supplementary nutrition is given for 300 days
in yr
 Finance provided is by state plan.
 Weight of children is checked every monthly.
 Nutritional health education is given to mother and
children suffering from 1st degree of malnutritonal.
 supplementary nutrition is given to 2nd and 3rd
degree malnutrition.
 4th degree malnutrition are advised for
hospitalization.

13. 2.NUTRITION AND HEALTH EDUCATION
 Nutrition and health education is given to all woman
in age group 15-45 yrs.
 Priority is given to nursing expectant mother.

14. 3)IMMUNIZATION
 Immunization against 6 vaccine preventable
diseases is been done.
 Mothers are immunized against tetanus.

15. 4)HEALTH CHECKUP
 THIS INCLUDES;
a)Antenatal care of expectant mothers .
b)Postnatal care of nursing mother and care of
newborn.
c)Care of children under 6 yrs of age.
d)Minimum 3 physical examination are done.
e)High risk mothers refer to appropriate institution for
special care.

16. HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN UNDER 6 YEAR.
 Record of weight & hight of children at periodic
interval.
 Watch over the miles stones.
 Immunization
 General check up every 3 to 6 months to detect
diseases & malnutrition.
 Treatment of disease like diarrhoea, RTI.
 Deworming.

17.  Prophylaxis against vitamin A deficiency and anaemia.
 Refer of serious cases to hospital.
 A card containing health record of child is given to
mother.

18. NON FORMAL PRE SCHOOL EDUCATION
Children of 3 to 5 years are imparted non formal and
pre school education in an Anganwadi in each
village in about 1000 population.

19. OBJECTIVE:
 Provide opportunity to develop desirable attitude,
values, behavioural pattern among children.
 In expensive toys and materials are used in
organizing play and creative activity

20. II. MID DAY MEAL PROGRAM
Introduction:
 Launched on 15 aug 1995.
 Revised in 2004.
 Also called as National Support to Primary
Education

21. AIMS
a) To fulfil one third nutritional requirement of school
children.
b) To create interest about school and education.
c) To reduce absenteeism in school.
d) To provide relief to parents of poor children.

22. PRINCIPLES
a) One third energy and half of protein req of the
child must be met.
b) Food should be free and at minimum cost.
c) Food should be prepared in school itself.
d) Locally available food should be used in
preparing the meal.
e) The menu should be change to avoid boredom
among the children.

23. MIDDAY MEAL SCHEME
 In the schemes central govt provides a free supply
of food grains through FCI.
 At least 300 cal and 12 gm protein is provided to all
primary class students through this scheme.

24. III. “VITAMIN A” PROPHYLAXIX
 It is one of the component of National programme
for Control of Blindness.
 It was launched by Ministry of health and family
welfare(1970).
 They administer the single massive dose of an oily
preparation of Vit A, containing 2,00,000 IU orally to
all preschooler children every 6 months.

25. FUNCTIONS OF VIT A:
a. It is indispensable for normal vision.
b. It produces for retinal pigment which are needed
for vision in dim light.
c. It supports growth especially skeleton growth.
d. It is anti infective.

26. DEFICIENCY OF VITAMIN A:
 Night blindness
 Conjunctival Xerosis
 Bitot's Spot
 Xerophthalmia

27. PREVENTION:
 Children are given Vit A solutions at every 6 month
Interval
 1 dose of 100000 IU of vit A solution.
-1ml to infants between 6 to 11 months of age.
o 200000 IU of VIT A solution
-2 ml of every 6 month between 1 to 5 years of
age.
In such way child receives 9 doses of vit A
Solution, till he attains 5 years of age

28. RECOMMENDED BY ICMR (2010)
Group Intake of Vit A/day
ADULT
Men/Women
Pregnancy
Lactation
INFANT
0-12 months
CHILDREN
1-6 years
7-9 years
ADOLESCENTS
10-17 years
600mcg
800mcg
950mcg
350mcg
400mcg
600mcg
600mcg