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Intervention in fried rice paradise

Kok Xinghui Published on Fri, Mar 29, 2019 / 7:00 AM GMT+8

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SINGAPORE (Mar 29): Few go hungry in food haven Singapore but there is still a segment of the population who are not food secure because of income or health issues that make preparing or buying nutritious meals difficult.

One such family is Nur Ain Binte Hamid’s who don’t always eat according to nutritional recommendations. Their meals are heavy on carbohydrates that help meet calorie counts and keep stomachs full, but may not be as nutritious as when there is more meat and vegetables.

Ain, 30, lives in a household of seven in a three-bedroom HDB flat. She is the sole caregiver for her four children, aged 3, 6, 9, and 10, an older sister, 45, with chronic health conditions and uses a mobility scooter, and a younger brother, 32, with intellectual disabilities.