Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jabed has said that limited food consumption can help lead a healthy and happy life.
He said this while speaking at a progrmame at Agrabad Government CGS Colony High School in Chattogram on Saturday. Agriculture Ministry and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) jointly arrange the programme marking the World Food Day.
Agriculture Secretary Mohammad Nasiruzzaman presided over the function, while it was attended, among others, by Additional Secretary of Agriculture Abdur Rouf, Director General of Agriculture Extension Directorate Mohammad Abdul Muid and Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Mohammad Elias Hossain.
Saifuzzaman Chowdhury said that children should be feed homemade foods instead of fast food because fast food can increase risk for health problems such as obesity.
He said that food production has increased manifolds over the past few years in the country due to visionary leadership of Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
