Q40) The National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) was recently shut down by the Union Health Ministry. Which of the following function(s) was/were performed by it?
1) It used to help ascertain what could be culturally acceptable nutritional interventions
2) This organization was involved only in continuous collection of data on actual dietary intakes of households as a whole
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Q40) The National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) was recently shut down by the Union Health Ministry. Which of the following function(s) was/were performed by it?
1) It used to help ascertain what could be culturally acceptable nutritional interventions
2) This organization was involved only in continuous collection of data on actual dietary intakes of households as a whole
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The correct option is A 1 only
Ans:40)(a) Forty years after being established with a mandate to generate data on the nutritional status of socially vulnerable groups, the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) has been shut down by the Union Health Ministry.
The bureau, under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), had been critical in informing the government’s poverty alleviation interventions with periodic assessments of nutrient deficiency among tribal communities, pregnant women, adolescents and “at-risk” elderly population in India.
The bureau was the only organisation involved in continuous collection of data on actual dietary intakes of households as a whole as well as by individuals belonging to different age and physiological groups in different States.
1 only
Ans:40)(a) Forty years after being established with a mandate to generate data on the nutritional status of socially vulnerable groups, the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) has been shut down by the Union Health Ministry.
The bureau, under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), had been critical in informing the government’s poverty alleviation interventions with periodic assessments of nutrient deficiency among tribal communities, pregnant women, adolescents and “at-risk” elderly population in India.
The bureau was the only organisation involved in continuous collection of data on actual dietary intakes of households as a whole as well as by individuals belonging to different age and physiological groups in different States.
