Which of the following are the objectives of ‘National Nutrition Mission'? 1. To create awareness relating to malnutrition among pregnant women and lactating mothers. 2. To reduce the incidence of anaemia among young children, adolescent girls and women. 3. To promote the consumption of millets, coarse cereals and unpolished rice. 4. To promote the consumption of poultry eggs. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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Correct Answer: 1 and 2 only. ● National Nutrition Mission has a target to reduce under-nutrition and low birth weight by 2 per cent each per annum. ● It also aims to bring down anaemia among young children, women and adolescent girls by 3 per cent per year until 2020 as well as strive to reduce the prevalence of stunting from the current level of 38.4 per cent to 25 per cent by 2022. ● There is no mention of promoting the consumption of millets, coarse cereals, unpolished rice or the poultry eggs in the mission.

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