A dimension within Healthy Traditional Eating
Prioritizing child health and healthy eating through nutritious school food programs.
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As nutritious food, we should include milk and eggs in children's school meals so that children can get complete nutritional food.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Egg and milk can be included in the food to provide nutritious meals to children in anganwadis and schools.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Nutritious food should be used in children's meals, and they should be given eggs and lentil meals once a week so that children can become strong.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Bemetara, Chhattisgarh
Eggs and milk should be included in mid-day meals so that children's nutritional needs can be met and they are fully included in the food items.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
It would be good if eggs and nutritious food are given to school children.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
Nutritious food should be given to local children.
— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, Odisha
It would be good to provide food to our children through mid-day meals at school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, ragi and mandua should be included in school midday meals.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
School children will have good health if nutritious food is provided in their midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if nutritious food is given to school children in their mid-day meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
Balanced and nutritious food should be provided in ragi (marwa) flour to promote the mental and physical development of children.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Pulses, porridge, and milk are nutritious food for children, and the government should make these available to children at all times.
— Chanda
In my opinion, the government should provide excellent nutritional midday meals for children, especially poor children who do not have access to such food at home.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
If our children are given food, their health will be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide a traditional meal to children in school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
If children are given food like Kangu, Jannasua in school, their health will be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide traditional food to our school children in school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Lobersing (Phuntsokling Tibetan settlement), Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to give traditional food to our school children.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to give traditional food to children in school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide traditional food to the children of our region in school midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide food like millet (ragi) and pulses to school children twice a week during their midday meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good to provide traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
Eggs and milk should also be included in the midday meal to enhance the food, which can promote the mental development of children.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
If children in school are given millet and millet cakes daily as part of their midday meal, they will maintain their nutritional intake.
— Bisendra Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha
Children prefer local food. Nutritious food should be included in the mid-day meal based on availability.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
If ragi, millet, drumstick leaves, and jute leaves were included in the school midday meal, it would provide more nutritious food to children.
— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha
It would be good to provide millet-based food to school children for lunch.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
If local food is provided to school children in their mid-day meal, their health will be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if local food is given to children in schools.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, ragi porridge, mandru, etc. are provided in the school's midday meal.
— gobardhan pangi
It would be good to give school children ragi and millet-based food two days a week in their midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
Children's health will improve if they are given local food for their midday meal in our school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to serve local food to school children for midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
In the mid-day meal, our Anganwadi center should prepare and provide various items using kodo, ragi, and Guruji's food, so that children get their vitamins.
— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha
It would be good to give traditional food to children in school. Midday meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
Millet is a nutritious and protein-rich food. We can provide millet to children in school midday meals because it is nutritious.
— Padmini Bhoi
It would be good to provide traditional food to children for their midday meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
Nutritious food items like ragi should be introduced in mid-day meals and PDS.
— Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand
Providing traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal will keep them healthy.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to serve local food during lunch for school children.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
AI-synthesised pieces woven from many community voices on this theme. They may contain errors or interpretation — they're a reflection of the stories, not a record of fact.
By incorporating local, traditional grains like ragi and millet into school lunch programs, communities can significantly improve children's health and well-being.
Our community advocates for the integration of traditional, locally sourced foods into public programs to nourish children and preserve cultural heritage for future generations.
By embracing our ancestral foods, language, and traditions, we can nourish our children and strengthen our community's identity and well-being.
To preserve our health and culture, we advocate for the inclusion of native, nutritious grains in public food programs.
