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Sweet Awareness: How Sugar
Boards are Revolutionising
Student Nutrition
of the country. NCPCR has
been engaged in policies and
processes involving protecting
rights of children for adequate
access to standards of health
and nutrition.
According to the
International Diabetes
Federation (IDF) Atlas, an
Dr Sanjeev Sharma
estimated 589 million adults
Member Secretary
aged 20–79 years are living with
National Commission for
diabetes as of 2024. This number
Protection of Child Rights is expected to rise significantly
in the coming years, posing a
major public health challenge.
National Commission The World Health Organisation
for Protection of Child Rights (WHO) further estimates that
(NCPCR) is a statutory body 77 million Indian adults over
under the aegis of Ministry of the age of 18 are suffering from
Women and Child Development, diabetes and nearly 25 million
Government of India, individuals with pre-diabetes
constituted to protect rights are at high risk of developing
and entitlements of children as diabetes. This emerging trend
per Constitution of India and as underscores the urgent need for
enshrined in the United Nations early intervention across all age
Convention on the Rights of the groups.
Child. NCPCR plays a key role in This alarming trend is
monitoring various aspects of largely driven by high sugar
health, nutrition, education and consumption, often fueled
overall well-being of children by the easy availability of
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