Port Blair, Sept. 13: To mark National Nutrition Month, Community Food and Nutrition Extension Unit (CFNEU), Port Blair in association with Directorate of Health Services (DHS), Andaman and Nicobar Administration and Field Outreach Bureau (FOB) organised a Nutrition Workshop in the Anganwadi Training Centre at Atam Pahad here today. About 45 ICDS supervisors, ANMs, Training Centre Instructors and Anganwadi workers participated and benefited from the workshop.

During the event, Shri Anil Kumar Dhiman, Demonstration Officer, CFNEU explained the importance of nutrition and reasons of malnutrition in human body to the participants. Health officials from DHS also spoke on the occasion and enlightened the gathering on the importance of breastfeeding, overall hygiene and sanitation. The participants were asked to carry the message of Nutrition and healthy lifestyle to each and every household of their respective areas. 

Effective Information, Education and Communication (IEC) material on Nutrition provided by FOB, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was also distributed during the event. CFNEU operates under Food and Nutrition Board of Ministry of Woman and Child Development.