Background: Diversified diet is the key to combat micronutrient deficiency in India. Kitchen garden is a sustainable approach to provide diversified diet in rural area. Aims and Objectives: The objectives of this study were to assess the utilization and perception of kitchen garden use among the households in rural area. Materials and Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study carried out among women in the age group 18–65 years in Nagamangala was asked about the details on awareness and utilization of kitchen garden. Results: One-third of the study subjects were in the age group 30–40 years. About 18.2% of them were involved in some form of agriculture related work. Around 64% of the households had space available for kitchen garden. About 54% households had kitchen garden and 95% of the subjects used their kitchen garden products for self-use. Conclusion: Having kitchen garden contributes to household food security by providing direct access to food that can be easily harvested, prepared, and consumed.

Background: Graves’ disease (GD) attributes for important cause for childhood hyperthyroidism with a prevalence of 0.02%. Initial treatment for GD is the use of antithyroid drugs (ATDs), which is well accepted. The remission rate is around about 30% of children treated with ATD. Aims and Objective: (1) To assess the predictors of relapse and remission after ATD in children with Grave’s disease. (2) To study the clinical profile at presentation and treatment outcome of children with Grave’s disease. Materials and Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study of children diagnosed for GD (n=27) and treated with either carbimazole (0.6–0.8 mg/kg), methimazole (0.2–1 mg/kg), or (propylthiouracil, 5–10 mg/kg) and continued till euthyroid state was achieved. The dose was titrated every 2 months once till the achievement of the euthyroid state. Assessment of remission and relapse was done within a year of stopping the drug. Results: The overall estimated relapse rate for hyperthyroidism was 54.1% (13 patients), within a year of stopping ATD with a mean duration treatment of 24.23±7.44 months. Multivariate survival analysis showed that the risk of relapse (87.5%) was higher for patients of a body mass index SD score <0.5 and a large goiter. Pre-pubertal patients had higher relapse rate than pubertal patients (OR- 3.24, P=0.04). No other clinical variables such as age, gender, and Wayne Index were significantly associated with relapse, though patients in the relapse group were younger, and had a male predominance with higher Wayne index scores. Conclusion: GD in children has a high relapse rate. Severity of the disease as measured by various clinical methods is important in predicting relapse.