"YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT"

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"Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es." [Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are].
In an essay titled Concerning Spiritualism and Materialism, 1863/4, Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach wrote:  "Der Mensch ist, was er ißt."
That translates into English as 'man is what he eats'. This fact has not changed yet, but rather solidly holds now and future till eternity. This fact has not changed in nutrition activities in Gblenkor CHPS Zone, hence North-Dayi.
Gblenkor CHPS Zone has been one of the CHPS zones in North-Dayi district that continue to exhibit great skills in nutrition activities during their Child Welfare Clinics (CWC). Personally as a health staff, when I heard about this activity and saw the pictures, I was really impressed with the service delivery from the health facility staffs to nursing mothers during CWC session.
The development of children under five (5) years is very delicate and appropriate measures must be taken to ensure that they develop their full capabilities, and nutrition is key in their development process. As delicate as they are, they must be fed with foods with all required nutrients in their appropriate quantities. This remains a core mandate for Community Health Nurses to make sure it happens. The nurses take their time to take nursing mothers through how to prepare a nutritious and safe diet for their children under five (5) years as well as the whole family. Nursing mothers are taught complementary feeding, responsive feeding and other relevant topics with regard to feeding.
Food demonstrations have been at the heart of the Nutrition/Diet Therapy Unit and the health facilities across the district. What happened yesterday was really good.
I salute all Community Health Nurses (CHN) and the Nutrition Unit. More energy...........

North-Dayi district exhibits a high standard of nutrition performance at local and international levels, no wonder we are what we eat!!!
Thank you very much for reading.

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