Demonstration of healthy recipes and awareness session on nutrition education delivered at Home Science College
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Sep 29, 2021 06:49
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Chandigarh, September 29, 2021: In sync with the mission of Poshan Maah, Government Home Science College organized an awareness session on Nutrition education. The session was based on significance of consuming a healthy, nutritious, well- balanced diverse diet.
Anupreet Kaur Sobti, M.Sc Foods and Nutrition- 3rd Sem and Agrim Nagra, M.Sc Foods and Nutrition- 1st Sem, addressed the audience. More than 30 students addended the session. They demonstrated various procedures for detecting food adulterants from the common food products. They highlighted the importance of consuming hygienic food. A number of recipes were demonstrated as healthy snacking options for college going students and further highlighted the importance of consuming millets over refined flours. The concepts of portion size, serving size and importance of timely consumption of food was also explained to the audience.
Principal of the college, Prof. Sudha Katyal, highly appreciated the efforts of the students of the Department of Foods and Nutrition for generating awareness amongst the masses and bringing into limelight the theme for this Poshan Maah.
