The Applied Nutrition Program (ANP) of India also strive to make people conscious of their nutritional needs and to provide supplementary nutrition of children aged between 3-6 years and to pregnant and lactating mothers.

 What is exatcly meant by removal of attitudinal factor?

How to remove the barrier? A country with full of contradictions!

There should be at least one or more chapter in local language on fruits / vegetables / locally available nutritious food in the school curriculum.

The education should commence from standard IV, especially those belonging to socially disadvantage and marginalized communities who suffer most from malnutrition. The Applied Nutrition Program (ANP) of India also strive to make people conscious of their nutritional needs and to provide supplementary nutrition of children aged between 3-6 years and to pregnant and lactating mothers.

Path – 7: Attitude – Who will educate rural people? Social resistance and social prejudices are important challenges to improve nutrition

            Poor coking habits, improper food storage, selection of wrong food items, are the community ethics in rural India.

            Food is a subject of widespread customs, habits and beliefs, which vary from country to country, and from one region to another. The diet of the people is influenced by local conditions (e.g. soil, climate), religious customs and beliefs.

Vegetarianism is given a place of honor in Hindu society. Even among vegetarians, the pattern of food item selection is not the same; some do not take onions and garlic’s even   on religious grounds, not to speak of milk.

Can we not educate and train young local girls as 'Rural Food Counselor'

            There is none to counsel uneducated illiterate poor villagers about food selection and scientific way of cooking. Often these are carried out in an unscientific manner with much loss of nutritive value of foods.

                        The proposed ‘Rural Food Counselors’ will work at Block level. Author believes that they (Food Counselors) will succeed in changing the ‘Attitude’ of the rural people and thus be able to improve nutritional standard to some extent even with limited financial capability. Informations on locally available low cost food items which donor require much fuel to cook should thus be made known to the poor villagers.