The Department of Food and Nutrition, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), celebrated World Health Day by creating awareness on the theme “My Health, My Right” among school children of Government Senior Secondary School at village Sidhwan Bet of Ludhiana district. On this occasion, final year students of B.Sc. Community Science displayed an exhibition to sensitize the school children to remain healthy by eating nutritious food and adopting healthy lifestyle. A total 120 school children participated in the programme.

Dr Kiran Grover, Head, Food and Nutrition, shared that the focus of the celebration was to empower children to become advocates for their own health. She further added that it encourages them to make healthy food choices even outside the school environment. The nutrition knowledge gained during such celebrations further help them to prevent health issues, improve academic performance, promote food safety, and enable them to lead healthier lives now and in the future.

Dr Monika Choudhary, Scientist, Department of Food and Nutrition, apprised the students of following a healthy lifestyle. She provided tips to ensure a healthy lifestyle by adopting simple measures like balanced diet, exercise and proper sleep. She informed that a demonstration on preparation of sprouted dhal chat, vegetable poha, spinach sandwich and mango squash was conducted for adolescent girls of tenth to twelfth class.

Dr Sehajveer Kaur, an expert from the department, organized slogan writing and poster making competitions for sixth to eighth class school students to reiterate this year theme of World Health Day - My Health, My Right.

The students also took out a rally in the village, conveying the message of healthy eating habits and balanced diet; and enthusiastically recited the slogans.

The winners of various competitions were awarded with prizes. The School Principal, Ms Neena Jindal, Vice-Principal; Ms Nidhi and other staff members Ms Jaspreet Kaur, Ms Harminder Kaur, Ms Tejinder Kaur were also present during this event. They appreciated the efforts of faculty and students in imparting nutrition education to promote good health and overall well-being among school children.