Rising KashmirRising KashmirRising Kashmir
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • Kashmir
    • City
    • Jammu
    • Politics
  • Health
  • Anchor
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Video
Search

Archives

  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022

Categories

  • Anchor
  • Breaking
  • Business
  • City
  • Developing Story
  • Editorial
  • Education
  • Features
  • Health
  • Interview
  • Jammu
  • Jammu and Kashmir News
  • Kashmir
  • Kashmir Tourism
  • Kath Bath
  • National
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Top Stories
  • Trending
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Viewpoint
  • World
© 2022 Foxiz News Network. Ruby Design Company. All Rights Reserved.
Reading: Early Intervention of a Healthy Lifestyle
Share
Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
Rising KashmirRising Kashmir
Font ResizerAa
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
  • Health
  • Anchor
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Video
Search
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • Kashmir
    • City
    • Jammu
    • Politics
  • Health
  • Anchor
  • Features
  • Interview
  • Video
Follow US
© 2024. All Rights Reserved.
Rising Kashmir > Blog > Opinion > Early Intervention of a Healthy Lifestyle
Opinion

Early Intervention of a Healthy Lifestyle

DR. TAIZEENA KHAN
Last updated: November 24, 2022 11:24 pm
DR. TAIZEENA KHAN
Published: November 24, 2022
Share
9 Min Read
SHARE

WHO (World Health Organization)– Defines health as complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.At an early stage children not only need love and care, but alsoa proper road map for a healthy life style. This road map should be devised by keeping in mind all the parameters of health and wellness.It should not only focus on physical and mental health of our children but also on the social aspects of it. To achieve this goal we need to enhance the skills of parents. The health and wellness plan from the birth of a child will decide the future of our coming generations. In recent years of my clinical practice as a physiotherapist, I have noticed more youngsters coming to me with musculoskeletal disorders.This abrupt rise of my younger generation patients, their lack of physical activity, unnecessary stress and lack of social set up that could provide them with a platform to practice a healthy lifestyle at an early stage urged me to choose this topic today.

 

In recent years children as young as 12- 18 years have been coming to me with musculoskeletal disorders. While consulting/counselling these youngsters I have come to the conclusion that there is not only the lack of physical activities but also a lot of avoidable stress leading to unhealthy choice of life style in this age group these days. To a large extent I believe that technology has also played a great role in this. No doubt that technology has become an integral component of our daily lives. Technology has to a great extent made our lives easier but at the same time it has done that at the cost of our physical, mental and our social lives .This all begins when we as a parent make a choice of offering a smart phone to our 6months old, so that we can feed the child. Children are easily attracted to new toys and smart phone with so many features is no doubt the best form of toy for them. It has a cartoon that speaks to them anytime they hit the button. The best fictional stories they could ever watch and everything they could get their hands on. Meanwhile, we don’t realize the cost of bringing this technology to them at this early stage of their life. We happily embrace making our child technology dependent too early, as it is not only saving us time in this fast moving world but we also think that we are making our child happy.

 

Physical inactivity in children is becoming a growing problem day by day and has been considered as epidemic according to research. WHO (World health organization) reports that about 70%of the boys and up to 88% of the girls under the age 10 don’t get the physical activity they need for their age. Think back of the times when we were growing up as kids. How did we spend our time in school as well as home? There were no computers, no smart phones, almost no technology. There wasa good balance between our books, TV time and playing games. We were encouraged to go out and play. We had more real friends than social media friends whom we could talk and discuss our stress with. We also used to spend a lot of time in our vacation with our extended family members, especially with our grandparents. We used to listen to their stories, the folk stories, their real life experiences etc.  I remember going on for long walks with my grandfather and on the way bothering him with lots of inquisitive questions about the trees, the birds, or whatever we saw on our way. This helped me appreciate nature, love animals and observe things keenly. But times have changed. Children today are hardly seen playing after school or have a good social life. Pressure from parents to perform better in academics, more and more access to technology and lack of Physical activity is leading to overall physical, mental and social problems in their lives.

 

This sedentary lifestyle arising due to various problems discussed above is the leading cause of childhood obesity, hypertension, cardiac problems juvenile diabetes, anxiety, aggression, depression and other behavioral changes and musculoskeletal disorders in children. Delayed growth and development in infants and toddlers is also seen due to changed patterns of raising our children and more and more technology taking over our burdens. In recent years more and more infants and toddlers are facing delayed speech and learning disabilities.  Investing time and efforts in early childhood development starting from infancy is pertinent to stop this epidemic and give our children a best life. Plan a proper balanced healthy lifestyle program for your Child’s health and wellness.

 

Here are some tips to lay a foundation to the health and wellbeing of our children whose benefits last a lifetime.

  • Do not introduce technology to your children at a very early age.
  • Instead introduce games which stimulate their brains, e.g. educational and learning toys such as building blocks, numbers, shapes, colors etc.
  • Spend more and more time with them while they are still in their infancy. Read a story book for them, this encourages them to read and write.
  • Feed them while they are observing nature and not offering them a smart phone, this helps them enjoy their food and develop their taste buds better.
  • Encourage them to feed themselves as soon as you think they are ready for it.
  • Encourage them to do small independent activities e.g. feeding themselves, combing, brushing, tying shoe laces, etc.This will not only help them stay physically fit but also independent.
  • Introducing a healthy balanced diet plan and avoiding junk food is imperative.
  • Regularize the feeding and sleeping time.
  • Encourage going to bed early and do not give them access to technology at bed time.
  • Limit the technology, TV and video game time, e.g.you can allow technology time which includes any form of technology only 1-2 hours a day.
  • Encourage them to spend more time playing games with friends, extended family members, especially grandparents.
  • You can also select a day to play with your kids e.g. weekends, this will help you bond with your kids and also help you and your kids stay physically fit.
  • Encourage them to spend more time playing outdoors.
  • Encourage them to spend time with grandparents, let them listen to their real life experiences and learn from them, encourage physical activity as much as possible.
  • Bond with your kids. Listen to them with open mind and heart. Do not put pressure on them to achieve academic or any other goals in life, instead encourage them to do well in life by giving them all the support they need.
  • Last but not the least, be a practical example for your own kids. Practice a healthy life style and they will follow you.

 

(Author is a physiotherapist. She has done BPT (Bangalore India), PGDMS (London), MBA (USA). MIAP (Member India Association of Physiotherapists). Fellowship in Geriatric Rehabilitation, Fellowship in Paediatric Rehabilitation, Certified women’s health exercise expert)

 

 

 

 

 

Reclaiming Lost Glory of Medical Institutions
Lessons from ‘Vision in the Dark’ Museum
National Curriculum Framework for School Education 2023: Understanding the core features
May: A Month of Mental Health Awareness and Action
JK Development in the Last Four Years: A Journey of Progress and Growth

Sign Up For Daily Newsletter

Be keep up! Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.
By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time.
Share This Article
Facebook Whatsapp Whatsapp Copy Link Print
Previous Article Eco-friendly: Jammu boy designs idols, incense sticks from cow dung
Next Article Sugamya Pustakalaya: Largest online library for blind and print disabled
Leave a Comment Leave a Comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Stay Connected

1MFollowersLike
262kFollowersFollow
InstagramFollow
234kSubscribersSubscribe
Google NewsFollow

Latest News

Hyderpora underpass turns into cab stand, sparks safety concerns
City
May 26, 2025
Bear-Proof Corral unveiled to tackle human-wildlife conflict in Drass
Kashmir
May 26, 2025
SACPPE holds session to safeguard children from unexploded shells in Uri
Kashmir
May 26, 2025
‘Prem Visheshagya’ brings laughter to Natrangs’ Sunday theatre
Jammu
May 26, 2025

Recent Posts

  • Hyderpora underpass turns into cab stand, sparks safety concerns
  • Bear-Proof Corral unveiled to tackle human-wildlife conflict in Drass
  • SACPPE holds session to safeguard children from unexploded shells in Uri
  • ‘Prem Visheshagya’ brings laughter to Natrangs’ Sunday theatre
  • Admin spreads awareness on drug abuse in Sgr

Recent Comments

  1. SavePlus on AI and Behavioural Analytics in Gaming: Making the World of Gaming Better
  2. Parul on Govt acknowledges faulty streetlights on Narbal-Tangmarg road
  3. dr gora on Women Veterinarians and the Goal of Viksit Bharat
  4. jalwa game login on National Education Policy 2020: Transforming India’s Educational System
  5. Virender Bhat on Pahalgam Attack: A War on Humanity, Peace, and Kashmiriyat

Contact Us

Flat No 7,Press Enclave, Srinagar, 190001
0194 2477887
9971795706
[email protected]
[email protected]

Quick Link

  • E-Paper
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Top Categories

Stay Connected

1.06MLike
262.5kFollow
InstagramFollow
234.3kSubscribe
WhatsAppFollow
Rising KashmirRising Kashmir
Follow US
© 2025. All Rights Reserved.
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?