Report of the Working Group on Integrating Nutrition with Health: 11th Five Year Plan (2012-17)

Abstract

This Report of the Working Group on Integrating Nutrition with Health for the XI Five Year Plan briefly reviews the nutrition and health scenario in the country, the existing nutrition and health interventions and gaps, infant feeding and child survival issues, sets nutrition goals for the XI Five Year Plan and provides strategic recommendations for achieving the goals. The critical issues of concern have been given due weightage in the report. Some of these are bringing nutrition issues center stage, establishing a nutrition information system in the country, addressing infant and young child nutrition more effectively to ensure child survival, growth and development on the one hand and to prevent diet related chronic diseases on the other, addressing micronutrient deficiencies in a holistic manner adopting a five-pronged strategy with due focus on dietary diversification, nutrient supplementation, food fortification, horticultural interventions and public health measures, and creating a climate of nutritional awareness in the country utilising all available channels of communication. Efforts have been made to include recommendations of important committees, advocacy and consultation meets on nutrition with a view to provide useful inputs for the XI Five Year Plan.