"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise"
is a great saying very well acquainted by all. This is what we pass on
to our children and coming generations so that they grow up into "Great
and Good Human Beings". But is it right to sum up that education, the
moral values, the principles which a child holds are enough to make a
"Great Person". For me the answer is "No". I believe apart
from all these factors a "Good Health" too plays a very important
role in building a "Great Human beings". Health has a great connection
to all our "Emotional, Psychological, Mental and physical behaviour.
Coming to a very basic question, what is Health? The definition may be different for different
people but for me
"Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, then the gates of the soul open.”
In other words, it is a state of complete physical, mental, and
social well - being.
Health should be given utmost importance in the same way we do towards
earning income to satisfy our basic needs and luxuries of life. I remember someone saying that there is a cycle when we sacrifice health to earn more, but later all those compromises results us in deteriorating health. We end up spending all the hard earned money back for a better health, even though we can't compensate for all the pain & suffering because of health. But have we
ever thought that if we have sound mind and body we can work more and more and
create more wealth. A GOOD HEALTH is also a door to "Happy Life and Success of a human
- Being". But to my disappointment, it does not hold true.
According, to The World Bank report, India is one of the
highest ranking countries in the world for the number of children suffering from
Malnutrition (Undernutrition). Malnutrition is a condition that results
from eating a diet in which there is a lack or excess of nutrients such that
the diet causes health problems. Malnutrition or under nutrition occurs where
there is not enough calories, protein, or "MICRONUTRIENTS"(iron, cobalt, chromium, copper, iodine, manganese, selenium, zinc and molybdenum"
which is required by our body though in smaller
Quantities.
In 2016, The UNICEF, WHO, World Bank presented Joint Child
Malnutrition dataset, which showed that under nutrition contributes to nearly
half of all deaths in children fewer than 5 and is widespread in Asia and
Africa.
The lack of essential macronutrients and micronutrients may result in
chronic diseases, physical retardation and reduce cognitive abilities. Not only
this, it is one of the main reason of "Underweight and under height"
in children which brings worries and anxiety to parents.
When they see that their child among other children are not
well developed and not showing proper growth in height and weight
as compared to them who belongs to same age group they start thinking Why
it’s so happening to their child, then they start running to the doctors to
know the suitable reason for this?
They start taking extra care and include the foods in the diet which will
lead to proper growth and their development whether in height and weight so
that their child doesn't suffer from lack of confidence and lack of mental,
physical, psychological and emotional factors.
Whatever has happened to us w.r.t. to lost growth, we can't afford that lost growth to happen for our new generation. Hence its time to acknowledge this issue and fight back the epidemic of malnutrition. Lets #CatchUpOnGrowth for all the lost growth with extra growth plus.
