Table III.

Individual level actions suggested by stakeholders to contain childhood obesity in India

Action point	Implementation plan
Promote self-monitoring through nutrition education	Each individual should be empowered to monitor his/her anthropometry (BMI, height and weight) and calculate energy and nutrition intakes. They should be able to monitor their physical activity levels  (i) NCD-related health education modules are prepared by NIHFW and this could be used for training and communications  (ii) Education department should consider this to be formally included in the curriculum for training teachers  (iii) Electronic formats of this module can be prepared
Training on parenting principles	Women at home intend to give value added foods to family and children. Therefore, it is important to educate women about optimum nutrition. Feeding practices of mother shall improve eating practices of entire home. Women should be specifically empowered for  (i) Improving family culture and restrict eating-out habits  (ii) Cooking practices in family
Low birth weight babies and underweight pregnant ladies to be monitored	Overfeeding and catch up growths among low birth weights can increase the risk for overweight/obesity in future. Under RBSK programme, low-birth-weight children are identified; however, it is important to follow them over time and monitor. This could be included under infant and young child feeding programme of the Government of India.

NCD, non-communicable disease; BMI, body mass index; NIHFW, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare; RBSK, Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram