Improving Women’s Health” : The role of Indian Gynecologist-by imparting current Knowledge, Attitude & Practice on selection of popper nutritious food items & changing old bad cooking habits.

. A) What Gynecologists have to do? How best gynecologists can actively participate in improving poor nutritional status of Indian rural women? : What, we, the gynecologists (the primary care physician for women) can achieve on optimum nutritional status by spending additional 5 minutes time while examining the patients in hospitals or in private practice.  Indian gynecologists may also attend any far off villages twice a year and along with a dietician of metro city and can involve local community leaders of the village concerned including local physicians and politicians, local NGOs and opinion leaders of the locality to hold meetings and spread the message of selection about “low cost easily available but nutritious foods in rural areas”.

Adoption these are a step forward and in most cases such information will act as modifiable factor: Medical knowledge should not be limited to functions of proteins, Vitamins or Trace elements/Anti-oxidants. There are six internationally recognized paths of development aiming to reduce the prevalence of malnutrition.  Feasibility of implementation of all those paths in India has been discussed at length. But effective implementation of any path of development mandate not only heavy financial commitment but a determined political will as well.(contd.)