A nudge for nutritional intervention

IT is extremely important to address and assess women's nutrition because women fill multiple roles more effectively starting from generating income, ensuring their families' nutrition, and having healthy children and thereby help advance countries' socio-economic development.

- Sadhvika Srinivas

Women are the ones who take care of the meals in a household, so all women must have a certain amount of nutrition knowledge to ensure optimal health for themselves and their families. Let us see how we can ensure better health for women.

Nutrition according to the life stages

Women have different nutritional requirements during different life stages. Adolescent girls need more nutrients such as iron and folic acid to prevent iron deficiency anaemia. Pregnant women require a surplus amount of calories at the time of pregnancy along with supplementation of folic acid before conception and during pregnancy. Lactating mothers require a certain group of foods known as galactagogues to ensure healthy breast milk production. During the later or menopausal stages of life, women need to concentrate more on the intake of calcium-rich foods to prevent conditions such as osteoporosis.

Improve the quantity & quality of meals at home