Nutrition studies now in schools curricular — Nutrition Society of Nigeria vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The vice president of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria , prof. Wasiu Afolabi made this known on the sidelines of the society’s 49Afolabi said that the curricular which had been established in primary and secondary schools in the country would soon be extended to the polytechnics and universities.
“There are new best practices and innovative solutions and concepts, and when you look at those curricula, especially the one from polytechnic, it is dated back to 19 years without any review, but I can tell you that we have just reviewed it. “The one for universities is currently with NUC; it was submitted through Ministry of Budget and National Planning , food and nutrition division because it has a responsibility of nutrition across all sectors,” Afolabi said.
He also explained that NSN re-strategised on its approach towards nutrition because the country didn’t do well in achieving the Millennium Development Goals , which has just passed and which Nigeria was also a signatory. “We know that the indices for nutrition in Nigeria are bad, particularly by the level of obvious stunting underweight among under-5 children.
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