More takers for packaged snacks & sweets, finds nutrition assessment - Times of India

PUNE: A nutrition assessment undertaken by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) in two Pune wards has revealed that of the 461 people interviewed, a high proportion of respondents (95%) reported consuming starchy staples but low protein and vitamin-rich food on a daily basis.
Ahigh percentage of people in the two wards (AundhBaner and Kothrud) also reported consuming packaged snacks and sweets (32% and 20%) on a weekly basis, the report stated. The assessment, which was undertaken in Pune and Ahmedabad in India, and international locations such as Nepal, was part of the Urban Food System Assessments for Nutrition (UFSAN) project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, partnered with PHFI, New Delhi.

Dr Anjali Ganpule-Rao, senior research associate, PHFI, told TOI, “Findings from Pune revealed that 90% respondents reported consumption of milk and 72% beans and peas daily, while healthier foods such as fruits, dark green leafy vegetables, nuts and seeds, vegetables, vegetables rich in vitamin A, fruits rich in vitamin A and eggs were consumed in lower proportions. ”
While vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables such as carrots, pumpkin, papaya, were consumed daily by only 25%, the rest of the consumers were lacking in their consumption, the assessment showed.
“Packaged savoury snacks and sweets were consumed by 14% of consumers on a daily basis. The report showed vast scope for improving the consumption of fruits, vegetables in daily diet, especially vitamin A and C, iron-rich foods,” she said.

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