Poshan Pakhwada 2025 : Like every year, this time too, ‘Nutrition Fortnight 2025’ has started from today. Its purpose is to make people aware for healthy food, nutrition and right lifestyle. The central government is running this campaign to deal with malnutrition.

Under this campaign, the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating 7th Nutrition Fortnight from 8 to 22 April 2025. It started for the first time in the year 2018. Let’s know the theme of Nutrition Fortnight 2025, its importance and special things …

Focus on four subjects in Nutrition Fortnight 2025

1. Focus on the first 1000 days of life

9 months before the birth of the infant and the first two years of his life i.e. 1,000 days laid the foundation of his physical and mental development. The nutrition campaign considers these days as ‘magical period’ and motivates their mothers to a balanced diet, proper care and breastfeeding.

2. Help Nutrition Tracker App

Today, technology has contributed significantly in protecting from malnutrition. With the help of Nutrition Tracker app, Anganwadi workers can now monitor children’s growth, food distribution and health with smartphones. By February 2025, all Anganwadi centers have joined this app, so that the eligible beneficiaries can also register themselves.

3. CMAM Protocol

The based Management of Acute Malanutrition (CMAM) started in 2023 helps Anganwadi workers to identify, referral and treat seriously malnourished children. This protocol has been kept in the focus during Nutrition Fortnight 2025, so that the Anganwadi center can be converted into the nutrition clinic.

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4. Protecting obesity in childhood

Now malnutrition is no longer limited to weakness or low weight. According to CMAM-5, the percentage of children under 5 years of age has increased from 2.1% in 2015-16 to 3.4% in 2019-21. In such a situation, a policy has been made to protect junk food, feed healthy foods and promote healthy food in schools. HFSS food items are removed from school canteens, promoting fruits and vegetables and making physical activities mandatory.

Important things related to nutrition fortnight 2025

1. Nutrition campaign aims to promote healthy and nutritious diet in children and women with technology and tradition.

2. Nutrition Fortnight 2025 is the focus on the first 1,000 days of the child’s life, because it is very important for it.

3. Using Technology is to monitor nutrition services at nutrition tracker Anganwadi centers.

4. The beneficiaries can now register themselves with the nutrition tracker web app.