 Early Times Report
Jammu, Sep 4: Various activities (cooking competition, poster making competition and lectures) are being organized by PG department of Home Science, Government College for women for college students to mark the Nutrition week.
The theme of the celebration is "Food and Nutrition for Better Health of Adolescent Girls". The celebration aims to raise awareness of the importance of healthy eating for optimal health among the students.
In this connection a cooking competition, "Healthy Breakfast for Adolescent Girls" was held today in the Home Science department. Dr. Hemla Aggrawal was the chief guest on the occasion.
She addressed the students and stressed upon the importance of appropriate lifestyle and Healthy eating habits to prevent diseases improve quality of life and increase life-expectancy.
She advised the students to eat a varied selection of foods from every level of the food pyramid which would supply different nutrients, vitamins and minerals needed for good health and to include plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains in the diet and be physically active for Dr. Shashi Kaul, Dr. Aruna Dubey and Prof. Nidhi Kotwal were the judges on the occasion.
Also present on the occasion were Prof. Tabbasum Ara and Prof.Barbara Kaul. First prize was bagged by Anjuman and Ramneek, second by Priyanka, Deepika and Varsha and third by Vandana, Neha and Lalita.
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