iosr-JNHS   Volume-10 ~ Issue-3 ~ May – June 2021

Abstract: Background: 'Good food means the right kind of food for good health; it is nutritious. It contains natural substances that body needs to grow properly and stay healthy. In the circumstance of the global economy, fast food at minimum prices and marketing approaches adopted by manufacturers of such foods has elicited a progression of fast food at high rate. Fast food does not contain the nutrients which are required to sustain our body health. Fast foods have high level of fat and sugars that are not only unhealthy but addictive and that creates a vicious cycle making it hard for children to choose healthy food. Thus the investigator selected this topic for creating awareness among early adolescents, regarding the ill effects of fast food habit through video-assisted teaching programme.....

Key Words: Effectiveness; fast food; health hazards; students; knowledge; video assisted teaching programme

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Abstract: Background: The decoctions were widely used during the Byzantine era. Several of them are recorded in the Dynameron of Nikolaos Myrepsos, which has recently been published in a critical edition. This edition describes an extensive book of prescriptions, the richest in its time; it contains 2667 prescriptions, all referring to the Medical Science. It is considered that Nikolaos Myrepsos is the author of the monumental work entitled Dynameron of the late Byzantine period (13th century). It is one of the last medical texts of this era, which records all the previous experience of all the medical specialties in relation to various and different illnesses and diseases, how they can......

Key Word: Nikolaos Myrepsos, Dynameron, Decoction, Byzantine pharmacy, Herbal medicine

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Abstract: Complementary feeding refers to introduction of solid, semi-solid and soft food with adequate amount, frequency and consistency in addition to breast milk at six months age of child. The aim of this study was to find out the complementary feeding practice and its associated factors among mothers having under 2years children.The descriptive cross sectional study design was used to identify the complementary feeding practice and it's associated factors among mothers having under 2 years children at Maternal and child Clinic, Bharatpur. A total of 237 mothers having children 6-24 months were by using non probability, purposive sampling technique. Data was......

Key Word: Adequate, Complementary Feeding, Practice

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Abstract: Background: One among the most serious public health challenges of this century is childhood obesity. The prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents has increased rapidly, with millions of children affected. Physical activity plays an important role in the prevention of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents.
Methods: PubMed/Medline and Google Scholar databases were searched to identify studies published from 2011 to 2020 covering children and adolescents using key search terms such as Obesity in children and adolescents, Childhood obesity, prevalence of child hood obesity and Physical activity & childhood obesity.
Results: Many study findings show that lack or limited physical activity has caused overweight and obesity among children and adolescents.......

Key Word: Physical activity; obesity; children; adolescents

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Abstract: Background: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are a major health problem that affects mostly young people, not only in developing but also in developed countries. The aim of this study was to study the effect of instructional guidelines about sexually transmitted diseases on the knowledge and practice among childbearing women. Design: A Quasi experimental design (one group pre and post-test) was used. Sample: A purposive sample composed of 100 women married and in childbearing age from the obstetric outpatient clinic at El- Fayoum University Hospital. Tools.....

Key Word: Instructional guidelines, Sexually transmitted diseases, Knowledge, Practice, Childbearing women

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Abstract: The present study is proposed to observe the adjustment level problems of school students from urban and rural schools of Bhavnagar district Gujarat. An adjustment is a change in a person's behaviour or thinking. Adjustment is a process by which a living organism maintains a balance between the needs and the surroundings. The variables included for the study of adjustment (social, academic, and emotional) age, gender, class, type of school etc. The study was conducted on a sample of 100 students (50 boys, 50 girls) casually selected from the government and private school from urban and rural area of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat. A standardized questionnaire developed by Prof. A.K.P. Sinha and Prof. R.P. Singh from Patna, Bihar India, was adopted for this study known as Adjustment Inventory for School Students (AISS)-ss English version. The questions were to be answered........

Key Words: Higher secondary school students, Emotional adjustment, Social adjustment, Academic adjustment, rural students and urban students

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