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Kudumbashree promotes local nutritious foods during Poshan Maah in Kozhikode
Kudumbashree's Kozhikode district mission is promoting local nutritious foods during Rashtriya Poshan Maah in Kerala.
For the past month, it has held food festivals and cooking contests in wards and panchayats featuring dishes made with millets, tubers and leaves.
The events aim to popularise familiar but less-used recipes and show their nutritional value while keeping their flavour.
Activities also include recipe sharing, poster contests and classes on obesity and psychosocial well-being for self-help groups and children's groups.
The programmes include pregnant women and children, so Kudumbashree is coordinating with other departments across the state.
Medical screenings, nutrition awareness events and sessions with health professionals are also part of the observance.
Kudumbashree’s Kozhikode district mission has held food festivals featuring local dishes during the past month as part of Rashtriya Poshan Maah.
The festivals promote recipes made with millets, tubers and leaves, highlighting their nutritional value and appeal.
The mission has also organised cooking contests and activities on obesity and psychosocial well-being.
Other programmes include recipe sharing, poster contests, medical screening camps and nutrition awareness sessions.
Kudumbashree is carrying out Poshan Maah activities with other departments across community development societies in Kerala.
- Who
- Kudumbashree’s Kozhikode district mission is organising the activities.
- What
- It is promoting local nutritious foods through festivals, cooking contests and other nutrition-awareness programmes.
- When
- The activities have taken place during the past month as part of Poshan Maah.
- Where
- Wards and panchayats in Kozhikode; related activities are also held across Kerala.
- Why
- To promote nutrition and health behaviours and highlight the nutritional value of local foods.
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- Local ingredients
- Millets, tubers and various kinds of leaves
- Examples of tubers
- Colocasia, yam and sweet potato
- Programme themes
- Obesity and psychosocial well-being
- Activity locations
- Wards and panchayats in Kozhikode
What people are saying
The food festivals promote these healthy recipes without compromising on taste, so as to appeal to children especially.
It has been an eye opener for us. We never knew such a treasure trove of healthy recipes existed. Nor did we know their rich nutrient value.
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