National workshop on ‘fight to eat right’ held at Home Science College

Chandigarh, October 1, 2021: In sync with the aim of Poshan Abhiyaan to promote healthy and nutritious eating amongst all the age groups right from the beginning, a virtual National Workshop was organized on the theme ‘Fight to Eat Right’ at Home Science College.
The first speaker for the workshop Dt. Yashna Bawa, Dietitian and Asst. Professor, Sanatan Dharma College, Ambala Cantt., Haryana; highlighted the importance of consuming traditional meals and to innovatively modify the regular recipes to healthy well-balanced meals. The second speaker for the workshop Dt. Navdeep, dietician and lifestyle coach; emphasized upon the importance of involving kids in decision making while buying groceries and simultaneously discussing the health benefits of home-made food. She primarily focused on child nutrition and discussed how easily the children can get used to eating nutritious home-made food and further added that mothers’ must not ignore their own bodies and take equal care as they do for other members of the family. The third speaker of the workshop Anupreet Kaur Sobti, Nutritionist and Founder of Dietaura, brought into limelight the significance of gut health and its association with overall health. She discussed the two-plate approach of eating quantified diet and further added the necessity to break the vicious diet cycle amongst the adolescents. The workshop was well coordinated by Maj. Neelam Kumari. More than 50 participants attended the session.
Principal of the college, Prof. Sudha Katyal, appreciated the insights shared by the speakers and further motivated the audience to promote traditional eating behaviour highlighting the importance of millets in Indian diet.