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To people National Complementary Feeding Day connected Saturday, the Department of Paediatrics astatine King George Hospital (KGH) and Andhra Medical College (AMC) launched 2 caller integer wellness tools – FirstFoods KGH and FeedSmart KGH – aimed astatine improving babe nutrition consciousness and tracking.
The apps were unveiled by AMC main Dr. K.V.S.M. Sandhya Devi and KGH Superintendent Dr. I. Vani. The inaugural was spearheaded by Dr. B.S. Chakravarthy, the Head of the Department of Paediatrics, and his team.
Speaking astatine the launch, Dr. Vani emphasised that due complementary feeding is captious for carnal maturation and cognitive improvement aft an babe reaches the property of six months. She noted that galore parents conflict with questions regarding the timing, frequency, and assortment of foods to introduce, arsenic good arsenic managing dietary needs during illness.
The FirstFoods KGH app is designed to supply clear, bilingual (Telugu-English) guidance connected introducing coagulated foods, managing nutrient allergies, and recognising information signs successful children.
Complementing this, FeedSmart KGH acts arsenic a personalised feeding usher for children aged 6-24 months, offering features similar a nutrient diverseness people and the quality to save, print, oregon stock reports via WhatsApp.
Dr. Devi lauded the initiative, stating that the apps would service arsenic a captious span betwixt doctors and patients, benefiting not lone parents but besides frontline wellness workers specified arsenic ANMs, ASHAs, Anganwadi staff, and aesculapian students.
The developers emphasised that the apps are user-friendly, with a absorption connected information privateness and security.
