Why developing health education for children is important
• If you were to be asked what are the things you would like your children to learn during their childhood, what would your list consist of? Academics (obviously), extra-curricular and personality development, public speaking, hobbies, sports, leadership, ownership, responsibility, ethics and morals, social awareness are few of the things I am sure you would say. As a parent, you want a holistic development of your child. But, very few parents realize that health education is as important as all those things I mentioned. In fact, one of common rules world’s most successful people follow is to take care of their health. If you are not healthy (both physically and mentally), you cannot give your 100% to achieve your goals. There should be health education for children from their early age so that they could become their best possible versions health wise
Why is health education for children important • Children tend to skip breakfast before heading school. Sometimes they faint during the morning assembly. Their first does energy arrives at lunch and what do send in lunch for them? If you are able to feed your children healthy food during school lunch, then you are a terrific parent. But the truth is, most children don’t want simple food in their lunch boxes. It is not before they get home that they eat a proper meal. Without proper energy and nutrients in the body, a child cannot be expected to learn and grow at school.
Brain does need its fuel • The human brain is 60% fat, it needs unsaturated fats to thrive and perform at an optimum level. Our activities during the day should be backed up with carbohydrates and protein which a child is ignoring on a daily basis. Instead of taking interest in studies and other activities, the feels sleepy and desperately wait for the bell to ring and go home. When you drive your car, you make sure there is enough fuel in it so that it will be a smooth ride. Here, children are going to school without adequate school and experience a rough ride every day, exploiting their health. As a result, they fall sick very often, which translates into more leaves at school and loss of learning. Not to mention the high number antibiotics the child consumes
Low performance in sports • We understand how important sports is for children and we do encourage them to participate in their favorite sports. But, not feeding enough nutrients to support their sports needs will create a nutrient deficiency in future. Millions of children in India take calcium tablets because they lack adequate calcium in the body. While taking multivitamins is always great, I believe in taking them to prevent any future deficiency and stay healthy. Many a time, due to excessive physical activities, our bodies go in to catabolic (a state where the body starts to break muscle mass as fuel). This happens a lot of time with children, as their activity levels are higher than adults, they need more energy than adults. If they don’t know when and what they should eat, they will keep breaking their muscle mass, as a result, they develop a weak muscularity.
Health education for children is as important as academics and personality development
• Time and again, we keep telling our children how important it is to study and work hard. Similarly, we should also teach them the importance of good nutrition and health. How health will benefit them in future, what are they missing by skipping breakfast? And how can they avoid obesity, diabetes, cholesterol and all the health problems in future? For that, a robust health education system should be formed with a purpose to create awareness among children. • Health education is prevalent in a lot of schools with a lot of flaws. As a result, we are no longer focusing on the importance of health education for children. People always sidestep this and think they have a bigger fish to fry. There a need to change this mindset. Between investment and expense, always choose an investment. Investment being health education for children and expense being the medical bills your children will pay when they are above 40 because they are unaware of the importance of health education. https://www.qriyo.com/blog/health-education-for-children-isimportant/