Nutrition Awareness Lecture 2025

An awareness lecture was organised on “Balanced diet for healthy life” for the contractual workers of ICAR-SBI on 22 April 2025. The lecture was delivered by Dr A. Jenit Osborn, Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, PSGIMSR, Coimbatore. Dr A Vennila, Principal Scientist welcomed the gathering, briefed the history and importance of celebrating Poshan Pakhwada. She also narrated this year’s theme of “Importance of nutrition in the first 1000 days of human life”. Dr P. Govindaraj, Director, ICAR-SBI has delivered the presidential address. He emphasised the importance of healthy diet and the need for outdoor activities for children to avoid life style diseases during their young ages.  While delivering the awareness lecture Dr A. Jenit Osborn, made a lively interaction with the participants on their existing food habits and life style. He suggested necessary modifications in their food habits to ensure balanced and healthy diet in general and specific diet for women aspiring to become mothers. He emphasized that the optimum haemoglobin level in the mothers’ blood is essential not only for birth of healthy but also intelligent babies. He advised the participants to undergo regular health check-up. Dr V. Kasthuri Thilagam, Senior Scientist proposed vote of thanks.  The programme was attended by about 170 contractual workers