{"id":255679,"date":"2023-08-10T20:43:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=255679"},"modified":"2023-08-29T15:37:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T10:07:45","slug":"express-view-on-lancet-tb-study-food-for-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/express-view-on-lancet-tb-study-food-for-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Express View on Lancet TB study: Food for cure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>&#8211; The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cExpress View on Lancet TB study: Food for cure\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>\u201cThe Indian Express\u201d <\/strong>on <strong>10th August 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- Issues related to development and management of health<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance:<\/strong> Issues related to TB<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; Recently, a Lancet study underlines the need to improve nutrition of TB patients.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How undernutrition is the primary risk factor associated with tuberculosis?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The connection between diet and the illness is supported by the <strong>historical public health records <\/strong>of Europe and North America. The prevalence of TB notably declined when people began to consume<strong> better diets. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In India, modeling studies have indicated that <strong>addressing undernutrition<\/strong> can decrease TB cases by more than 70 percent.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study published in the <strong>medical journal Lance<\/strong>t provides evidence that a <strong>nutritious diet <\/strong>reduces the <strong>occurrence of tuberculosis<\/strong> among vulnerable individuals and also diminishes <strong>mortality rates <\/strong>in TB patients.<\/p>\n<p>This study, conducted in Jharkhand, reveals that early weight gain in individuals impacted by TB reduces the <strong>mortality risk <\/strong>by 60 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Tuberculosis (TB) and the medications diminish the <strong>appetite of patients.<\/strong> Fever raises the rate at which calories are burned. In severe cases, the illness leads to <strong>&#8220;wasting&#8221; or low weight-for-height conditions. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A patient who has recovered from TB but continues to have a poor diet is at a <strong>significant risk of relapse. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are some facts related to Nikshay Poshan Yojana?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP)<\/strong> has launched the <strong>Nikshay Poshan Yojana. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It provides Rs <strong>500 per month<\/strong> to individuals diagnosed with TB. However, this amount is widely <strong>considered insufficient. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>NTEP guidelines<\/strong>, a tuberculosis patient should ideally consume <strong>2,800 calories daily. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Experts argue that eradicating TB necessitates <strong>enhancing the living conditions<\/strong> of patients and their families.<\/p>\n<p>This program has encountered <strong>numerous systemic challenges. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>2020 study published in the Indian Journal of Tuberculosis<\/strong> revealed that healthcare providers faced difficulties due to i<strong>nadequate training and complicated reporting formats<\/strong>. It hinders the<strong> effective implementation<\/strong> of the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, l<strong>imited patient awareness<\/strong> has also restricted the reach of the<strong> nutritional program.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source&#8211; The post is based on the article \u201cExpress View on Lancet TB study: Food for cure\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 10th August 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Issues related to development and management of health Relevance: Issues related to TB News&#8211; Recently, a Lancet study underlines the need to improve nutrition of TB patients.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/express-view-on-lancet-tb-study-food-for-cure\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Express View on Lancet TB study: Food for cure<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,8131],"class_list":["post-255679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-social-issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704635600},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}