from uttapam to sprouted dal parantha a book by unicef tells how to tackle problems of underweight obesity and anaemia among children by consuming nutritious food that costs less than rs 20the book has been based on the findings of the comprehensive national nutrition survey 201618 which found that 35 per cent of children under five are stunted 17 per cent are wasted and 33 per cent are underweightit also found that anaemia affects 40 per cent of adolescent girls and 18 per cent of adolescent boys the report also found that overweight and obesity increasingly begins in childhood with a growing threat of noncommunicable diseases like diabetes 10 per cent in schoolaged children and adolescentsthe 28page book lists out recipes of freshly prepared foods also giving the cost of preparation of each of themfor tackling underweight the books lists recipes like potato stuffed paratha paneer kathi roll and sago cutlets while for tackling obesity there are suggestions of sprouted dal parantha poha and vegetable upmaapart from calorie count the book gives detailed break up of protein carbohydrate fat total fibre iron vitamin c and calcium content of the recipeunicef chief henrietta h fore said the booklet aims to tell people what is nutritious and in what amountfore said there are two stages in a persons life when nutrition is extremely importantthe first is in the first 1000 days of a child and for that we need to reach young mothers and second is when you are in adolescence and for that we need to go into schools fore told the first one would require healthcare workers at hospitals it is at that time you can teach a young mother about nutrition and the second one is at adolescence when it can be communicated through teachers knowledge of nutritious food needs to be brought into schools and made part of the curriculum the unicef executive director saidshe said these types of brochures aims to remind what one should have in a packed lunch for a childif every parent also has that knowledge then we will all be better in terms of what we know about nutrition and how we actually feed ourselves she saidshe further said the book needs to be brought into schools and made part of the curriculumso that there is good nutrition and i think national nutrition plans will incorporate this but we at unicef will be by their side and working with them on a good communication plan she saidshe hoped the book is translated into regional language to improve its reachthe supplement book that comes along with the recipe book also talks about causes and consequences of underweight obesity and anaemia on the health of childrenit also talks about eating disorders like anorexia voluntary selfstarvation resulting in emaciation and bulimia recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by some kind of compensatory behaviour to prevent weight gain