A dimension within Healthy School Meals
Centers on providing healthy food and nutrition for children's overall health and well-being.
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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.

We ensure our children's well-being and cultural continuity by teaching them about the forest's bounty and the richness of our ancestral language and traditions.
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
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
Milk, paneer, lentils for children's health.
— Chanda · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Egg and milk can be included in the food to provide nutritious meals to children in anganwadis and schools.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
To keep children healthy, pigeon pea lentils and a good amount of spinach.
— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Pulses, porridge, and milk are nutritious food for children, and the government should make these available to children at all times.
— Chanda
Milk, bread, and lentils are beneficial for keeping children healthy.
— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
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
Include drumstick and spinach vegetable in the mid-day meal so that children's physical development will occur and they will get nutrition.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Nutritious food should be given to local children.
— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, 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
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
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
If children are given food like Kangu, Jannasua in school, their health will be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
Usually, in Anganwadi centers at schools, children should generally be given fruits and various kinds of leafy vegetable preparations in the morning so that they can receive nutrients.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
School children will have good health if nutritious food is provided in their midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, 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
If our children are given food, their health will be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
Nutritious food for children is tur dal and goat's milk. Nutritious food for children is tur dal and goat's milk.
— Chanda
Remember that foods like puffed rice, radish, and corn preparations are nutritious for children if provided.
— Parsuram Sa · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha
If school children are given foods like ragi, foxtail millet, pearl millet, and kodo millet three days a week, their health will be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
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
Providing millet-based food to children two days a week in their midday meal will keep them healthy.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
To provide maximum nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, finger millet will be included in school mid-day meals or traditional foods, followed by our various...
— Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha
If food like ragi, suva, and millet is given to school children for two days a week in their mid-day meal, their health will remain good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
Giving millet and ragi-based food to school children twice a week will keep them healthy.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
Children prefer local food. Nutritious food should be included in the mid-day meal based on availability.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Children's health will improve if they are given cereal-based food for their midday meal. Giving cereal-based food will maintain good health.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
Millet is a nutritious and protein-rich food. We can provide millet to children in school midday meals because it is nutritious.
— Padmini Bhoi
Providing traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal will keep them healthy.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
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
Nutritious food for children, such as Darua dal, is provided at school.
— Chanda
Beetroot and spinach are nutritious food for children.
— Chanda
If children are given millet and tribal food two days a week in school midday meals, their health will remain good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
Children will remain healthy by eating spinach and goat's milk.
— Chanda · Baghauri, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The PDS midday meal provided millet as nutritious food for children to eat.
— Kusha Mahakud
Sago, spinach juice, and goat's milk are nutritious food for children.
— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
If rice gruel, potato, etc., are given to children, their weight will increase, and their health will be good.
— Basanti · Nayagarh, Odisha
By cultivating Raala, Bhaadi, Boti, Kutki, they should be included in children's nutritious diet.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
If local food is provided to school children in their mid-day meal, their health will be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha