HIDDEN HUNGER : A Hoodoo for our Country !

The physiological demands of the body are always ignored by us and thus make us dull, exhausted, weak, sleepy and more or less spiritless. You might be wondering who on the earth is still suffering from this and what exactly does it state. Yes , there is long line of reasons stating the cause of this hoodoo in our country still seen in many. Excess of population paves way to lack of proper facilities, unemployment, poverty, 

lack of proper immunization for many, any disease or illness, regional availability or non-availability of materials, gender biasness still prevailing in many parts of the country, lack of women education and still women staying behind due to societal pressure and mis concern. The most important of all is the lack of proper healthcare eductaion given to women or children in our country. 

Deficiency of micronutrients like, iron, iodine, folate and vitamins along with protein at time,  is referred as HIDDEN HUNGER. A balanced diet including various nutrients and requirements are actually needed to make us heaslthy band prompt for our growth and developmemnt. Still there are areas in our country where it is difficult to even attain proper sanitation, accesss to clean drinking water and availability of essential health and other facilities. On a global index reprt somewhere India, has more than 37% of people with vitamin-D deficiency, and more than 45% of them with anemia in children and expectant women. It also shows people wioth iodine deficiency when affording salt with proper nutritional quality has also become to be afforded by few sections in our country. 

All this arises when people asre facing poverty day by day by poor getting poor and not even been able to afford proper food and nutritional requirements. This thus limits growth and working capacity of people. Even the people who seem to be leading noremal middle class life in our society lack nutrient value in their body and are prone to hiudden hunger thgus their body displays tiredness and restlessness all through their time of work. The unemployemnt rising day by day by the lacxk of jobs in government sectors and higher number of layoffs in the private sector is giving rise to unemployment thus ultimately making people lead a poor life full of disappointments and decrease in nutritional content in their body and getting away from a quality life which they could otherwise have won with their earning. 

The hidden hunger is impacting the PHYSICAL HEALTH by making the generation with weakened immunity, stunted growth, bone aches, cardiovascular diseases, with some developing anemia and probable chances of cancer in many cases. The lack of proper healthcare is misleading the youth and adults towards the orthodox and backward myths related to health and body. This also hampers teh COGNITIVE HEALTH ,especially that of children who thus have poor development and skills which makes them suffer in school performance. Some children also show mental impairement and form poor concentration, leading to reduced motivation. This may form a rigid obsessional thinking in the later stages of such children. This obsession provokes then to ruin their as well as other's life along. The impact is so strong in case of  hidden hunger that it raises morbidity and mobility thus lowering work productivity. People also face FOOD INSECURITY which also raises the cost for the advanced economics . The eduction is although too costly in our country which loads of charges and taxes been imposed on it making its access difficult for people from every section of the society. This creates a lower eductional attainment in the society thus impacting it nation wide along with increased healthcare costs. All of these contribute to m ood, behavious and substance abuse disoders. 

There are ways by which hidden hunger could be prevented in our country but should be atleast started by each one of us from our home. 

1. DIET DIVERSIFICATION 

     Diversify the food choices to meet nutrient requirement on daily basis so as to fight nutritional deficiency and hidden hunger. 

2. CONSULT AN EXPERT 

       Consulting an expert helps you meet the temporary fulfilling of nutrients through supplements, antioxidant options, shakes or probiotics. 

3. MAINTAINING FOOD STANDARDS

        Prepare a standard food quality and keep in check for completing daily requirement through quality and purpose. 

4. FOOD FORTIFICATION 

        Opt of food options with a fortified mentioned on their packs like fortified with vitamin-D or any other nutrient you require to fulfil. 

State an example when you thought that hidden hunger was fought in our country in recent or early years . 

                                                                                                      

   -Dt. Komal Mittal

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CHALLENGING FIGHTS : Teacher Wins Everyday

 

The challenges faced by the teachers are a way too hard and hidden by all. People used to believe what is it in going to school and work there. It is just a matter of half a day to work, teach and come back home early. But a teacher's life, job, her tasks, her planning and learning process are far too high, long, stressed, and hard working than anyone can imagine. She is not a half day worker but a full time full day occupied person with loads of accomplishments waiting by the day ends. 

There are major challenges a teacher works on everyday and fights them back with full zeal and enthusiasm. The first and foremost bestows on laying an effective communication in the classroom with the students, lectures and also in the school premises with everyone. The teacher needs to make sure that the communication platform layed by her should be easy, short, explanatory in itself, cultured, ethical and most importantly valid. She should be able to make everyone understand what she actually wants to state but in a very politeful manner. She has to address the major concepts not only to the students but to all the people mapped around the students in her classroom and school. 

The ones belonging to the teaching background have often heard the phrase individual differences very often. But, very few know what exactly does it mean by the same. The child is different from one another but what lies in between is the learning style a child gets set to and learn better. It is very important and major challenge for the teacher to understand the different learning style of the children in her classroom. It becomes a necessity to pln everyday and prepare lesson plans accordingly so that she can involve every child in her classroom in one way or the other in different classroom sessions. 

It is also a necessity now a dys to become more updated with the latest technology as the children are alredy aware about the AI and deeply involved into it in some or the other way. The children are not limited to the books and often surfing through various socialised channels and applications for competing with one another in different forms. So wherever the child needs help and monitoring the teacher should be able to handle doubts, problems and situations with the updated methods, syllabus, and application. 

For completing all these goals and aims a teacher is bound to prepare a lesson plan which is mandatory for all. This has become a major challenge because this makes the teacher sit for the same and become attentive to plan, prepare and write it out for the next day or the week. A written document churns our mind to catalyse new activities, methods, teaching styles and methods to become more interactive and engaging for the students thus boosting the confidence in the teacher as well as the students in her class. Some children are good in mind mapping, some in diagrammatic representation and few other are good in memorising the content and write it as it was done in the classroom. So planning the content prior helps the teacher to lay a background for her students to learn in way they are comfortable with for an easy learning, remembering and become exam oriented also. 

The admin work was nowhere in her learning record in such a detail which she works for everyday but it definitely becomes a challenge which she faces, fights and handles everyday to record in the most correct form with full accuracy. The classroom needs to be tackled also while completes any cumulative record of teaching or preparing the children to complete their work in notebook. At times the teacher takes help of a negative discipline  in a form of punishment. It is highly stated to avoid following this negative discipline in the classroom. Maintaining that perfect discipline to avoid such a situation is a big challenge which she need to handle in her class. This at times create a feeling of biasness, partiality or discrimination  in certain minds of the little ones. They may believe that teacher is partial for someone and creates biasness in punishing or rewarding. Although the teacher never believes in punishing or rewarding any one specially for anything. This is another major challenging hurdle to counsel the children and shower vigilant care and love to all her students somehow. The most important and never the least is the parent handling  where she needs to attend the parent's concern, doubts, worries and other help required to satisfy them that their children are in a safe environment amongst safe people and preparing themselves fo their happy, settled and growing future. 

If you are a teacher then definitely you need to be more responsible for whatever you do, plan or say. You need to be more inspiring, motivating and helpful towards your tasks, lifestyle and deeds in real life also. 

Share your thoughts also what you as a teacher believe yourself to be and if you are reading it as a parent of a child then definitely share what you believe the teacher does for your children.

                                                                                  Dt. Komal Mittal

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