Children should take care of health along with studies

World Health Day: You must have heard quotes like ‘Jaan hai to jahaan hai’, ‘Tandarusti Hazar Niyamat’, ‘Health is Wealth’. Essays would also be written in school using these. Your parents would also often ask you to take care of cleanliness and eat home-cooked food. There are many such habits, by taking care of which you can remain fit and healthy.

Make a routine for sleeping and waking up

Children, you must have heard ‘Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise’. That means, the one who sleeps early and wakes up early is healthy, strong and intelligent. Whatever happens, you should sleep by 10.30 in the night and wake up by 6 to 6.30 in the morning. 7-8 hours of deep sleep will keep you active throughout the day. Make sure to decide the time of eating your food in your daily routine. Especially, have dinner at least 2 hours before sleeping, so that digestion happens easily and there is no problem.

Increase friendship with fruits and green vegetables

You must avoid pulses, vegetables, bread, salad etc. in your diet. No matter what your mother says, you would have a hundred excuses for not eating vegetables and pulses. If you don’t have your favorite fruit, you might leave it aside. If you replace them with fast food like pizza, burger, pasta and chocolate, you would be able to eat them in the blink of an eye, but these are harmful for health. You should increase your friendship with fruits, vegetables and various pulses.

Be sure to brush your teeth before sleeping at night

If you want to have pearly shining teeth, then you will have to pay attention to your oral hygiene habits from now on. Dentist uncle tells to follow the 2-2-2 formula for cleaning teeth. That means, brush your teeth twice a day for at least 2 minutes and get your teeth checked twice a year. Be sure to rinse thoroughly after eating anything. The most important thing is to develop the habit of brushing your teeth before going to sleep at night.

take care of your eyes also

Eyes are called the window to see the world, but due to carelessness they can also be lost. Keep adjusting the brightness and contrast of the computer, mobile or TV screen. To study, make friends with the study table. Keep in mind that there is proper arrangement of lighting in the room and on the study table. Instead of continuously reading/looking at the screen, take a short 20 second break after 20 minutes.

fixed time for reading and playing

To stay healthy, the most important thing is to set a time for your study and play. Even if you have pressure from studies and exams, play for at least an hour every day. In this also, it is better to give preference to outdoor games in the evening instead of indoor games. See how much this will increase your circle of friendship, which will also develop your personality and increase your self-confidence. With these you will also become physically stronger.

It is necessary to wash hands before eating

Make a habit of washing your hands regularly. Especially one must develop the habit of washing hands before eating, because the bacteria hidden in the hands enter the body through the mouth while eating and make one sick. After sneezing and coughing, after cleaning nose and mouth, after gardening, after using the toilet, after coming from outside, wash your hands by rubbing them with soap for 40 seconds. Along with this, it is also important to wipe hands with a clean towel after washing them.

Take care of physical hygiene also

Any laxity in personal hygiene affects health. Whether it is summer or winter, one should take bath daily and wear clean clothes. This also gives a feeling of freshness. In summer it is beneficial to take bath twice a day. Dust particles and germs present in home, school, playground or outside environment stick to our clothes, which develop due to body heat and cause many diseases.

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