h) What,
then is to be done??? What will be game plan??
To be fully effective and operational of this scientific
message , the principal objectives
should not only include guaranteed food supply but also an intervention which
should include lowering ‘cultural and
attitudinal barriers’ and thus increasing the habit of selection of locally available, low
cost healthy food items and scientific
cooking procedures.
Barrier No 1:-Role of Attitudinal Barriers in raising nutritional status &
ACCEPTANCE OF modified food habits and cooking habits & food selection.
To raise
standard of nutrition - improvement of ‘cultural & attitudinal’ barriers are more
important than subsidy on foods. A
broad-scale intervention aimed at modifying the bad food habits among the poor
by offering foods at subsidized prices or at no cost would be only partially successful.
To be effective, the principal objectives should not only includes guaranteed
food supply but also an intervention which should include lowering ‘cultural and attitudinal barriers’ and thus increasing the habit of selection health food
items and cooking procedures.
Barrier No2.Attitude – Who will educate rural
people
Poor coking habits, improper food
storage, selection of wrong food items, community ethics. 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 patter of
eating is not the same; some do not take onions and garlic on religious
grounds. But are all such persons worried / devoted to such heavy burden of
malnutrition? Are educated urban people committed to malnutrition of rural
people or urban poors or those who have migrated from other states?
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