Common People Common Voice

In the view of the increasing incidences obesity related disease among Childers and adolescents, expert insist inculcating healthy eating habits at young age is the need of the hours. And what better place to be start form than school canteen. In recent survey commissioned by NGO Heal foundation, along with Ministry Health and family welfare, 75.5%   school children claimed given a choice they would prefer healthy food items from school canteens. But for lack of enough options, they have munch on junk snack. According to export, burgers, chips, samosas, patties, momo and chola should be replaced with the fresh fruits, eggs, salads, rajma rice, dal rice, low salt soups, yoghurt soups and vegetables. “you find children as young   as 12 years old suffering from lifestyle disease such as diabetes, owing   to their   eating and overall bad lifestyle habits. The existing food options in the canteen should be modified to make them more suitable to children’s taste and at the same time more

New Delhi, Jan 9 (PTI)   Transgenders are being counted for the first time ever in a separate category in the 2011 census, dubbed as an "empowering" step by the marginalised community which finally sees itself being recognised as part of citizenry. Transgenders' addition in the census process in the 'others' category is hailed by the community members and activists as a recognition which, they hope, will inch the "faceless people" closer to other basic rights like voting and crimes against them being registered. "This is a leap forward for us. Till now we were unknown people... now, we will have some status in our own country," said Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, an activist of international repute who works for the community through her campaign group 'Astitva'.