National Nutrition Week is celebrated every year on the first week of September. National Nutrition Week focuses on proper nutrition and its importance for healthy well-being. Lactating Mothers are told to feed their newborns by the first milk and for six months to provide them immunity and a healthy immune system.

Mass Nutrition Awareness Programmes are organized by government and non-government organizations. People are encouraged to include nutrients in their food. National Nutrition Week is an appeal to people for maintaining their nutrition and healthy well-being. It highlights the importance of the intake of nutrients for a normal human being. It also focuses on challenges like malnutrition issues in the lower section of our system.