Sanedo shows way to better health

VADODARA: Sanedo can do much more than just set-off a dance hysteria. This folk song with witty couplets, which is a rage during Navratri, can also help fight malnourishment!
Researchers at MSU have successfully used the raging popularity of sanedo to help 256 poorly nourished children of government schools regain health. All they did was tweaking the couplets and replacing their wordings with those showing importance of healthy food and habits like washing hands before meals and cutting nails.The children, all from class IV to XII, were made to dance on the new sanedo and another popular Gujarat garba “Mumbai thi gaadi aavi re..” whose lyrics were also customized.
“After two months, there was 80% increase in number of students washing their hands before meals. The learning through garba was so effective that there was notable decrease in thinness and prevalence of underweight reduced by nearly 7.8%,” said Shweta Patel, one of the researchers.
As they embraced good habits, the nutrition levels in all children showed an encouraging increase. The study also showed that average haemoglobin levels also went up in all children.