Purnima Menon, Anita Christopher, Esha Sarswat, and Rasmi Avula conducted an in-person training on ‘Understanding Public Health Nutrition: Towards Policy and Action’ in December 2022. Participants included representatives from government bodies engaged in policy making or functioning in close association with nutrition and health oriented national programs; research professionals from domains of nutrition, public health and life sciences; and academicians
Didactic and interactive sessions were conducted over a period of 4 days. Participants gained familiarity with ongoing nutrition programs and policies in India. Participants also learnt about the role of nutrition epidemiology in designing evidence-based policy. Using collective experience and expertise of faculty from several leading nutrition and public health institutes, participants applied these learned principles to promote public nutrition up the political agenda. The training had 13 male and 15 female participants.
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