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SUM Ultimate Medicare Holds Food Fest To Promote Odisha Delicacies With Nutrition Value

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: In order to promote traditional delicacies of Odisha with nutrition value in place of street food, SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM), here, held a day-long food festival.

Named ‘Food, Fitness and Fun Festival’, the event was inaugurated by Prof Sitikantha Mishra, Advisor-cum-Dean, School of Hotel Management, SOA’s faculty of hospitality and tourism management, on Wednesday.

At the festival, 9 separate counters were set up to serve a variety of food including biryani, ghee bhat with chicken and mutton curry, traditional pakhala, baked delicacies, tandoori items, rolls and parathas and a variety of snacks including dosas, dahi vada and chat. A separate counter provided healthy beverages like ‘Bel Panna’, “Amba Panna’, lassi, fruit shake, lemon water, fresh fruit juices and buttermilk. 

Dr Swetapadma Dash, Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Dr (Brig) Biraj Mohan Mishra, Chief, Medical Services, heads of departments, consultants and employees were present. Saroj Sahani, Head of Department, Food and Beverages, Sushree, Lead Clinical Nutritionist and their team coordinated the event.

On the occasion, ‘Lifestyle for a Healthy Person’, a programme to instruct people on healthy lifestyle changes was also organised. Another programme, ‘How Fit Are You?’  laid down eight physical fitness tests to assess the fitness level of an individual. Dr P Balakishore, Head of department of Physiotherapy and Lead Clinical Nutritionist Jena supervised the programmes.

OB Bureau

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