The Rule of Iron ; the Government's Food Fortification Scheme has Not Only Tackled Malnutrition Effectively, but Also Produced Athletes
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They were all promising athletes from lower middle class families in Gujarat, but had what seemed to be an insurmountable deficiency. Till a year ago, these talented girls of Kalyani Girls High School in Ahmedabad's Maninagar area, coming from poor economic background, lived on an uneven diet which meant low hb (haemoglobin) levels and malnutrition. Today, not only are they eating healthy, but are proving their potential in sports, with some even winning laurels at the state level.
Hansa Thakore, 17, an athlete and a 5,000-m champion of the Gujarat School Games in 2006, works as a maid with her mother to eke out a living. Madhavi Barot lives with her handicapped father, has already lost her mother and yet won two state-level gold medals in 3,000-m race. The father of Jashmika Soni, 16, state champion in 400- m race, is a rickshaw puller and lives in a one-room house with his five-member family. "Their transformation has purely to do with the new fortified diet that they have been getting", says coach Yogesh Modi,See the full content of this document
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The Rule of Iron ; the Government's Food Fortification Scheme has Not Only Tackled Malnutrition Effectively, but Also Produced Athletes
The state Government floated a scheme in 2005 of fortifying edible oil and flour with vitamins at production or packa...
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