Friday, 29 September, 2023
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World Milk Day today

World Milk Day will observe today to highlight the importance of milk and dairy products to people worldwide, says a press release.

Since 2001, the day has been celebrated under the initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The theme of this year’s World Milk Day is ‘Enjoy Dairy’.

Regarding the benefits of milk and dairy products, former chief nutrition officer of BIRDEM Hospital’s nutrition department and chief nutritionist Professor Akhtarun Nahar said that when talking about a balanced diet, milk comes first. Milk is the best food. Babies who cannot drink milk properly after birth, often suffer from various malnutrition problems.

In spite of so many benefits, the trend of drinking milk is low among the people of Bangladesh. They are not keeping milk as an essential part of their daily diet. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a person needs to drink an average of 250 milliliters of milk per day.

Therefore, in addition to being healthy, experts have advised to drink milk regularly according to the ability to raise the next generation with strength, intelligence and health.