{"id":7486,"date":"2023-03-03T17:06:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T17:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/?p=7486"},"modified":"2023-03-06T05:11:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T05:11:50","slug":"senior-citizen-home-benefits-of-millet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/senior-citizen-home-benefits-of-millet\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Citizen Home Residents Educated on Benefits of Millet-Rich Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2023 has been declared as the<strong> International Year of Millets<\/strong> by the UN General Assembly. Millets have always been part of an Indian traditional home but with the coming of easily accessible, over-the-counter processed foods, they took a backseat over the years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-width-img py-3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-03-at-6.30.16-PM-1-533x400.jpeg\" alt=\"workshop\u00a0at Senior Citizen Home, Sector 15, Chandigarh\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<p>With awareness of nutritional values of millets like <em>ragi, jowar, bajra<\/em> being created on different fora, the Chandigarh Millet Mission took it a step further by holding a workshop\u00a0at Senior Citizen Home, Sector 15, Chandigarh.<\/p>\n<p>The event was attended by about 40 residents of Senior Citizen Home, Sector 15 &amp; Sector 43, and the staff. A live cooking session was conducted by the chefs from CIHM (Chandigarh Institute of Hotel Management) .\u00a0 Millet recipes were demonstrated to the participants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-width-img py-3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-03-at-6.30.14-PM-1-533x400.jpeg\" alt=\"Benefits of Millet- live cooking\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Millet-based games were organised by the Chandigarh PGI team, out of which the snake and ladder game was the most entertaining. Games had been beautifully designed so that one can easily learn about different millets and their health benefits while playing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-width-img py-3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-03-at-6.30.15-PM-1-533x400.jpeg\" alt=\"Benefits of Millet- Millet based Games\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The event was hosted by the Department of Social Welfare, Women &amp; Child Development, Chandigarh Administration in liaison with Food Safety Department, Chandigarh, PGIMER Chandigarh, Chandigarh Institute of Hotel Management and Elderline Chandigarh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"title-md lh-height\"><strong>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/millet-ram-babu-getting-back-millets-on-the-plate\/\">Millet Ram Babu: Getting Back Millets on the Plate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The objective was to sensitise the beneficiaries to adopt the habit of inclusion of millets in their daily diet. During the workshop, experts from PGIMER, FSSAI, and CIHM conducted interactive and knowledgeable sessions on the nutritional and environmental benefits of millets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-width-img py-3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-03-at-6.30.16-PM-2-533x400.jpeg\" alt=\"Chandigarh Millets Mission\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Chandigarh Millets Mission was launched on 12 November 2022 by Nitika Pawar, Secretary Social Welfare, Women &amp; Child Development, Chandigarh Administration. Under this campaign series of activities are being organized such as demonstration of millet recipes, distribution of IEC material, promotion through social media handles, recipes video on the youtube page, online and offline awareness sessions, e-goshties, etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 has been declared as the International Year of Millets by the UN General Assembly. Millets have always been part of an Indian traditional home but with the coming of easily accessible, over-the-counter processed foods, they took a backseat over the years. 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