Which of the following are the objectives of ‘National Nutrition Mission’ ?
- 1.To create awareness relating to malnutrition among pregnant women and lactating mothers.
- 2.To reduce the incidence of anaemia among young children, adolescent girls and women.
- 3.To promote the consumption of millets, coarse cereals and unpolished rice.
- 4.To promote the consumption of poultry eggs.
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Answer: A. Statements 1 and 2 are correct: the National Nutrition Mission aims to reduce stunting, undernutrition, anaemia (in young children, adolescent girls and women) and low birth weight, and to create awareness on nutrition among pregnant women and lactating mothers. Statements 3 and 4 are wrong: promoting millets, coarse cereals or eggs was not among its stated objectives. So 1 and 2 only.
Watch for: Watch for food-promotion statements; they sound nutritional but the mission targets outcomes like anaemia and stunting.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because promoting millets was not a stated NNM objective.
- C. Wrong because promoting eggs was not a stated NNM objective.
- D. Wrong because statements 3 and 4 are not objectives.
Source to check: Ministry of Women and Child Development, POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) guidelines (wcd.nic.in, poshanabhiyaan.gov.in); PIB release on Cabinet approval, 30 November 2017
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