Aajtak Health Summit 2025: Whatever you eat in childhood and whatever your lifestyle is, it has a great impact on your health later. With this Aaj Tak Health Summit 2025 There was special discussion in In this, Dr. Neelam Mohan, Dr. Neelam Mohan, Dr. Neelam Mohan, Dr. Ravi Malik, Pediatrician and CMD Malik Radix Hospital, Professor, Center for Communication Medicine, AIIMS New Delhi gave up such things in the program, Dr. So that you can take care of your children’s health since childhood. Let us know what all these doctors say.
Increased obesity in children
Dr. Neelam said that one -third of children are still underweight in India and about 8 to 18 percent suffer from obesity. And there are many children who lack blood and essential nutrients in the body.
Dr. Sushil Kabra told that 60 to 70 percent of the people of our country still live in the village. People living there do not know about many things related to children. Dr. said that it is important that you take special care of the health of the daughter along with the sons.
What to eat and what not?
It is very important for parents to understand what to feed the child and what not. It is important that children younger than 1 year should not consume salt and children younger than 2 years should not consume table sugar. Also, children younger than 10 to 12 years should not consume tea and coffee. It is important that you follow all these rules.
How safe to lick honey?
A child younger than 1 year should not consume honey at all. This may lead to dangerous infections. Apart from this, it is important that the child should take vitamin D and iron medicines for one year. It is important to get the child’s checkup done from time to time, so that any kind of deficiency in their body can be detected. Apart from this, take special care of the balance diet so that there is no lack of nutrients in the body.
Dr. Mohan says that instead of table sugar, children are considered safe to consume figs or dates, but they should also get them consumed in very limited quantity. Instead of consuming honey immediately after being born, feed the mother’s milk. Mother’s milk is not less than a boon for any newborn child. The child older than 6 months should not be fed more than half a liter of milk because it causes lack of iron in the child’s body.
After which age children do not need milk?
Dr. Sushil says that it is mandatory for the child to feed mother’s milk for 6 months and after that reduce the amount of milk and move towards solid food. It is necessary to feed half the food to a 1 -year -old child.
How safe is the screen for the child?
Children less than 2 years should not be given screen time at all. This may lead to a disease like autism. At the age of 2 to 5 years, only 1 hour screen time should be given. After this, physical time should be increased and screen time should be reduced. It is important that you invest in family time. If you provide meditation and yoga to the child, then it has a very good effect on the child’s health. It is important that you get 7 food groups to the child, which include flour, rice, lentils, vegetables, nuts, seeds, seasonal fruits etc.
How to take care of the child in air pollution?
Due to air pollution, the respiratory allergies inside children have increased significantly. For this it is important that you plant trees, use air purifiers at home. At the time when pollution smog is very high, keep children at home. If your child has problems with problems of asthma, eye infection etc., then avoid taking them out in pollution or take them out wearing masks.
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