DHAKA, May 23, 2024 (BSS) - Fakhrun Nahar Annan has a dream to make people aware of nutrition for building a healthy society as she knows well that people with adequate nutrition are more productive and can create opportunities to gradually break the cycles of poverty and hunger.

"Nutrition is a critical part of health and development. Better nutrition is related to improved infant, child and maternal health, stronger immune systems, safer pregnancy and childbirth, lower risk of non-communicable diseases (such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease), and longevity," she said.

So, to realise her dream to make a healthy country, Annan established Nutriprenure Bangladesh. The nutrition based organisation is teaching people about nutrition.

"Nutriprenure Bangladesh educates people how to get nutrition from home made foods," Annan said as her organisation is also providing basic fitness tools to ensure healthy life.
 
She said more or less everyone is getting food. But, the organisation is working to ensure nutrition by taking food, she added.

Annan lives at Mohammadpur in the capital with her husband Rakib Hasan. She was born to Md Fazlul Haque and Lila Begum at Laxmipur village of Mymensingh.

She passed her SSC examinations from Nasirabad Collegiate School of Mymensingh in 2013 and HSC from Mymensingh Royal Media College in 2015. Then, she was admitted to National College of Home Economics of Dhaka and completed BSc (honours) from Food and Nutrition Sciences.

During her study at Home Economics, Annan introduced her organization Nutriprenure Bangladesh on July 24 in 2019 and started providing nutrition services.
 
Earlier, Annan also discharged her duty as general secretary of 'Discover the Power of Nutrition' club. She worked there as volunteer and provided nutrition services.

Later, she worked as senior diet executive at East Diet BD for one year. From there, she learnt how to provide nutrition services.
 
Annan said Nutriprenure Bangladesh also arranges a programme named 'eating disorder' where a number of future nutritionists attend.

"We are working with eating disorder or diseases for food for the first time in Bangladesh. There are three trainees and 50 official volunteers are working in the organization as most of them are women," she added.

About challenges, Annan said there are most working clinical nutritionists by profession in the country.

"It is really tough to work individually. I would like to spread the activities of my organization to the students. Women entrepreneur will also get opportunity from the organization," she added.