What to feed the students? This is the question
Greasy burgers dripping with fat, deep fried chicken nuggets, fizzy colas brimming with caffeine and excessive sugar. Tempted or turned off? Well I suspect your choice will depend on your economic background. Because India is unfortunately one of a few countries where reports of malnutrition among kids (the have nots) can run parallel to reports of obesity among a different set of kids (the haves, or have too much). For example, at one end (the haves) there’s a feverish activity to ban all forms of junk food from schools, in fact the Union Health minister Dr. Ramadoss has been campaigning since 2006 to institute the same ban without much success. “Nothing much has changed since the ban came into effect in 2006. The canteen still serves potato chips and colas along with deep fried patties and burgers. Most adolescent children don’t bring their own lunch and are therefore forced to eat the junk food served in schools”, says Nikhil a student of Army Public School in Delhi. And meanwhile reports have come in that states obesity rate among children living in metros have exceeded beyond 25%.
However, at the other end, according to a report out this week, the government is mulling over a proposal submitted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to institute a mid-day meal scheme for adolescent girls to check their dropout rates. Designed to provide 500 calories worth of nutritious and healthy food, and costing the ministry just Rs.5 per meal, these mid-day meals could just be the solution needed for both the “haves” and the “have nots”.
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Greasy burgers dripping with fat, deep fried chicken nuggets, fizzy colas brimming with caffeine and excessive sugar. Tempted or turned off? Well I suspect your choice will depend on your economic background. Because India is unfortunately one of a few countries where reports of malnutrition among kids (the have nots) can run parallel to reports of obesity among a different set of kids (the haves, or have too much). For example, at one end (the haves) there’s a feverish activity to ban all forms of junk food from schools, in fact the Union Health minister Dr. Ramadoss has been campaigning since 2006 to institute the same ban without much success. “Nothing much has changed since the ban came into effect in 2006. The canteen still serves potato chips and colas along with deep fried patties and burgers. Most adolescent children don’t bring their own lunch and are therefore forced to eat the junk food served in schools”, says Nikhil a student of Army Public School in Delhi. And meanwhile reports have come in that states obesity rate among children living in metros have exceeded beyond 25%.However, at the other end, according to a report out this week, the government is mulling over a proposal submitted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to institute a mid-day meal scheme for adolescent girls to check their dropout rates. Designed to provide 500 calories worth of nutritious and healthy food, and costing the ministry just Rs.5 per meal, these mid-day meals could just be the solution needed for both the “haves” and the “have nots”.
For more articles, Click on IIPM Article.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
Read these article :-
B-schooled in India, Placed Abroad (Print Version)
IIPM in Financial times (Print Version)
IIPM makes business education truly global (Print Version)
The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM)
IIPM Campus
ZEE BUSINESS BEST B SCHOOL SURVEY
For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
1500-plus IIPM students placed across the country with 44 bagging international offers
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