2. Health
"Health is more than the absence of illness. It is
the active state of physical, emotional, mental
and social well being."
—World Health Organization
3. Health Facts
• Overweight or Obesity
– 65% Urban Indians
– 32% Rural Indians
• Abdominal Obesity
– 75% women
– 54% men
4. Points to ponder !!!
• Who had/has better health?
– Our Grandparents/parents or we?
– Why???
• Compared to 30 or 40 years back, What is the status of
– Population now? Gone up.
– Agricultural land now? Greatly reduced.
• Increased population – decreased land
– Has this lead to food shortage? NO. How? Effect???
• Naturally effective ‘seasonal fruits’, are they seasonal now?
– NO. How?
5. Points to ponder !!!
• What is the single most important thing for you to invest in?
– House/Flat
– Car
– Jewelry
– LCD/LED TV
– High end Mobile phone
– Shares
– Health
• Have you ever thought of wellness as a novel & the best gift
to your dear ones?
6. Ayurveda
“When food is wrong medicine is of no use
When food is right, medicine is of no need”
8. Causes of Overweight/Obesity
The Food consumed today is
• Grossly in Excess of
• Fat, Calories
• Carbohydrates (Sugar)
• Others like Salt
• Grossly Deficient in
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Fiber
• Protein
• Amino acids
11. Practices & Limitations
Crash Walking – High
Swimming
Dieting – burns Cycling – intensity Surgery –
– about
Loss of about 200 about 240 aerobics – cost,
540
muscle cals per Calories about 540 willingness
Calories
mass hour Calories
12. Underweight – Associated Risks
Difficulty
fighting off
infections
Osteoporosis
Decreased
muscle
strength
Trouble
regulating
body
temperature
Increased
risk of
death
13. Children’s Health
Why is it that, after locking the door, you always ensure
to be convinced by making it a point to re-check?
Are you aware and convinced about the requisite
nutritional intake of your child? Not as important?
14. Child Development – World Bank Report
• Early childhood is the most rapid period of development in a human life. Although individual
children develop at their own pace, all children progress through an identifiable sequence of
physical, cognitive, and emotional growth and change.
• A child's ability to think, form relationships, and live up to his or her full potential is directly
related to the synergistic effect of good health, good nutrition, and appropriate stimulation and
interaction with others. A large body of research has proven the importance of early brain
development and the need for good health and nutrition. Ensuring healthy child development,
therefore, is an investment in a country's future workforce and capacity to thrive economically
and as a society.
• Medical research has demonstrated that the most rapid period of brain development occurs in the
first few years of life and that the experiences of early childhood have an enduring effect on an
individual's future learning capacity.
• The effect of under-nutrition on young children can be devastating and enduring. It can impede
behavioral and cognitive development, educability, and reproductive health, thereby
undermining future work productivity.
• Whether or not children are well-nourished during their first years of life can have a profound effect
on their health status, as well as their ability to learn, communicate, think analytically, socialize
effectively and adapt to new environments and people. Good nutrition is the first line of defense
against numerous childhood diseases, which can leave their mark on a child for life. In the area of
cognitive development, "when there isn't enough food, the body has to make a decision about how
to invest the limited foodstuffs available. Survival comes first. Growth comes second. In this
nutritional triage, the body seems obliged to rank learning last."
