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Health promoting schools-Promoting the World Health Organization's concept of health

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WHO defines “Health” as a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". All too often, efforts to promote health lack such dimensions. The concept of health promoting schools acknowledge the value of promoting physical, mental and social well being along with efforts to reduce health problems and risk factors for various diseases. 


Outdoor physical activity & cardiovascular health.

S. Sivasankaran: J Med Res. Aug 2012; 136(2): 301–303.
This study concluded that amongst Indian adolescent women, two behavioral risk factors viz. unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity lay the foundation for four major non-communicable diseases, namely, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis and cancer. These diseases form the major reason for more than 50 per cent of morbidity and mortality in their life course. This study also stresses the need for outdoor physical activity to improve the vitamin D status. Outdoor physical activity is the best way to overcome many of these abnormalities. Exercise builds muscles and bones, buffers the insult of high calorie nutrition and is the key for healthy ageing. No wonder, atherosclerosis is not a natural disease of animals, they remain physically active, indulge in natural foods and do not cover their body from the sun.

TV watching increases Obesity? | Wiseapple

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TV watching increases Obesity?

Hours spent in watching TV is strongly associated with weight gain….mainly due to sedentary behaviour, tendency to consume snack food & influence of advertisements of energy dense foods!!!


Health Topic | Wiseapple

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We envision good health for the children of today and healthy nation for tomorrow.
Health Topics covered under the Grow up Healthy programme, relevant to school children:
  1. Healthy behaviours-importance of hygiene, clean water & sanitation, hand washing, dental hygiene
  2. Nutrition and nutritional disorders-developing healthy eating habits, information on prevention of anemia, common vitamin deficiency disorders, obesity etc.
  3. Communicable disease- prevention of common communicable diseases such as typhoid, jaundice, diarrhea diseases and other water borne disease, worm infestations, skin infections, health awareness on Tuberculosis, malaria, dengue, HIV/AIDS etc.
  4. Non-communicable disease- health promotion for prevention of hypertension, Diabetes, Cancers & obesity.
  5. Adolescent health- Issues related to smoking, tobacco & alcohol consumption, menstrual hygiene.
  6. Immunization & Vaccination- importance of immunization and vaccines for common ailments.
Under Grow up Healthy programme, we offer:
1. Health Talks (for students, staff/teachers & parents).
2. Health Quiz/Painting competitions on relevant Health topics.
3. Health Debates.
4.Health Camps/Health Check-ups (anthropometric measurements-height, weight, hemoglobin estimation and common disease screening).
5. Dissemination of health information –printed material, puppet shows etc.
BMI (Body Mass Index):
The body mass index (BMI), or Quetelet index, is a measure for human body shape based on an individual’s weight and height. This ratio is expressed in Kg/m2 and provides a rough estimation of the body mass status of the individual in relation to his/her height. BMI=(WEIGHT/HEIGHT²) (kg/m²)
Quantifying Obesity with Body Mass Index (BMI)
  BMI Value Classification* Risk of obesity/Co-morbidities
  18.5 – 24.9 Normal range Negligible
  25.0 – 29.9 Overweight Risk of obesity/Co-morbidities
  >30 Obese Mildly increased
 30.0 – 34.9 Class I Moderate
 35.0 – 39.9 Class II Severe
 > 40.0 Class III Very Severe


Why is healthy eating important for my child ? Wiseapple

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Healthy Eating -How, When ?

  • Breakfast : How important it is to have breakfast.
  • It is important to encourage breakfast. A good night’s sleep followed by food in the morning helps your child to stay active and concentrate at school. It also means your child is less likely to be too hungry during the morning and it can help with performance at school. Be a role model and let your child see you eat breakfast too. A bowl of cereal with milk and fresh or stewed fruit is a great starter for the whole family.
  • School lunches: Many schools have a canteen that offers a range of food choices. Schools need to encourage healthy food choices. The food your child chooses might be high in cost and energy, but low in nutrients sometimes. An alternative is a packed lunch from home, which is a great way for your child to learn about healthy food and to help with preparation.
  • Lunch box suggestions include: Sandwiches or bread with cheese and salad, Cheese slices, and fresh or dried fruits Washed and cut up raw vegetables or fresh fruits.
  • School lunches foods to restrict : Highly processed, sugary, fatty/fried and salty foods should only make up a very small part of your child’s diet, chips, sweet biscuits, juices and soft drinks.
  • Treats and peer pressure : Peer pressure to eat particular ‘trendy’ foods at this age is strong. Let your child eat these kinds of foods occasionally, such as at parties, special events or when the rest of the family enjoys them. It’s best to limit the amount of money children are given to spend at school or on the way home.

The occasional bag of chips or takeaway food doesn’t do any harm. If they are eaten too often, however, you might find that: Not enough nourishing foods are eaten.
Children become overweight or obese. It’s much cheaper to provide homemade snacks and lunches.
After-school snacks:Allow children to choose how much they need to eat while offering a wide variety of healthy foods. Some children only eat small  amounts at the evening meal, so make sure that the afternoon snack is nutritious, not just high in energy.
Snack suggestions include:
  • A sandwich with a glass of milk ,
  • Poha, Cereal and fruit
  • A bowl of soup and toast.
Family mealtimes
For school children, family mealtimes are a chance to share and talk about the day’s activities and events. The evening meal together is an important time to do this. Family mealtime suggestions include Allow talk and sharing of daytime activities. Avoid distractions such as the television, radio or the telephone. Let your child decide when they are full-don’t argue about food.Allow children to help with preparing meals and vegetable/fruit shopping. Teach some simple nutrition facts such as milk keeps your bones strong.

Active bodies active minds

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  1. How physical fitness spurs school success.  Children who are physically fit absorb and retain new information more effectively than children who are out of shape, a new study finds.
Physical activity helps young people to pay attention in school and at home, with salutary effects on academic performance. A representative study, presented in May at American College of Sports Medicine, found that fourth and fifth grade students who ran around and otherwise exercised vigorously for at lest 10 minutes before a maths test scored higher than children who had sat quietly before the exam. In another large scale study published in The Journal of Pediatrics, a researcher compiled each student’s physical fitness, as measured by a timed run, body mass index and academic achievement in English and maths. Better physical fitness proved to be linked to significantly higher achievement scores. 

Related articles:
1. Health-related fitness and academic achievement in middle school students.
Coe DP, Pivarnik JM, Womack CJ, Reeves MJ, Malina RM.:J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2012 Dec;52(6):654-60

This study found that the health related fitness was related to academic achievement in youth. Students with the highest fitness level performed better on standardized tests and
students with the lowest fitness level performed lower in class grades.

2. Physical fitness and academic performance in middle school students.
This study concluded that aerobic capacity and muscular endurance positively affect academic achievement in middle school students.
3. Need to screen the school adolescents for overweight/obesity and hypertension:
Adolescence is the period of psychological and social transition from childhood to adulthood. It is important that teenagers be screened for adequacy of nutritional and health status. Although the prevalence of hypertension during childhood is lower than that seen in adulthood, this condition is not rare in adolescent, thus stressing the importance of evaluating BP. Read more.
4. Younger age of escalation of cardiovascular risk factors in Asian Indian subjects.
Rajeev Gupta, Anoop Misra, Naval K Vikram, Dimple Kondal, Shaon Sen Gupta, Aachu Agrawal, and  RM Pandey: BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2009; 9: 28. 1186/1471-2261-9-28
This study was conducted in North India in 1999–2002.  The study concluded that there was low prevalence of multiple cardiovascular risk factors (smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemias, diabetes and metabolic syndrome) in adolescents, however,  a rapid escalation of these risk factors was observed by the age of 30–39 years in urban Asian Indians. Interventions should focus on these individuals.
5. Outdoor physical activity & cardiovascular health.
S. Sivasankaran: J Med Res. Aug 2012; 136(2): 301–303.
This study concluded that amongst Indian adolescent women, two behavioural risk factors viz. unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity lay the foundation for four major non-communicable diseases, namely, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis and cancer. These diseases form the major reason for more than 50 per cent of morbidity and mortality in their life course. This study also stresses the need for outdoor physical activity to improve the vitamin D status. Outdoor physical activity is the best way to overcome many of these abnormalities. Exercise builds muscles and bones, buffers the insult of high calorie nutrition and is the key for healthy ageing. No wonder, atherosclerosis is not a natural disease of animals, they remain physically active, indulge in natural foods and do not cover their body from the sun.
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