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Junk food, sedentary lifestyle pushing more children towards obesity in Kashmir: DAK

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Srinagar, Mar 4 (GNS): On world obesity day, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday expressed pressing concern over rise in the number of obesity cases among children in Kashmir valley.
“Junk food and sedentary lifestyle are pushing more children towards obesity,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan.
According to a latest survey by National family Health Survey (NFHS-5), Kashmir has registered an increase in the percentage of obesity among children.
The number of overweight children increased from 2.1 percent in NFHS-4 survey conducted in 2015-16 to 3.4 percent in NFHS -5 which was conducted in 2019-20.
Dr Hassan said one big factor for this spike is junk food which has largely replaced homemade meals.
Children are often seen taking fast foods like burgers and pizzas.
They are addicted to chips, sugary drinks and frozen ready meals.
“Television advertisements targeting children and junk foods being sold in school cafeterias are shifting dietary habits of children from healthy food to processed food,” he said.

He further said with high dependency on smartphones, we are increasingly witnessing children leading to sedentary lifestyle.
“And physical inactivity is also contributing to spike in obesity cases among young ones,” he said.
The DAK President said childhood obesity has been linked to health conditions like Diabetes, Asthma, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, joint problems and liver disease.
“Many of these health conditions had only been seen in adults, now they are extremely prevalent in overweight children,” he said.
“Obesity is becoming a major health crisis. We need to do more to raise awareness and encourage action towards its elimination,” said Dr Nisar.
He said it is vitally important to educate parents to prevent their children from becoming obese.
They have to encourage them to eat healthy and take up some sport in leisure time.
“Preventing obesity helps protect your child’s health now and in the future,” he added. (GNS)
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( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )

March 4, 2023
Israel detects three new polio cases among children

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Tel Aviv: Israel has reported three new cases of children infected with polio, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
The cases were detected during an epidemiological investigation after an eight-year-old boy from northern Israel tested positive for the virus earlier this week, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.
The Ministry added that the three children, who were in close contact with the boy, currently have no clinical symptoms.
A polio outbreak occurred in March 2022 in Israel with the detection of nine cases, prompting the Ministry to conduct an extensive vaccination campaign for people aged 17 and under.
In July, it announced that the spread of the virus had stopped, but the virus was discovered again in recent months in sewage systems across the country.
The Ministry noted that there are currently more than 150,000 children in Israel who have not been vaccinated against the virus.
The infectious polio disease spreads rapidly and can cause paralysis and, on rare occasions, even death.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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March 3, 2023
Children whose parents, grandparents smoke are more likely to take up smoking: Study

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Jahangeer Ganaie
Srinagar, Mar 02: Teenagers are much more likely to smoke and be dependent on nicotine if a parent and grandparent is dependent on nicotine, a recent study has revealed.
The cross-sectional study published in journal of Integrative Medicine and Public Health, a publication of Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar, a copy of which lies with news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has revealed that teenager whose parents smoke are five times more likely to become smokers and the teenagers whose grandparents smoke are two times more likely to become smokers.
As per the study, 430 patients which included 215 tobacco users and 215 non-tobacco users were included in the study and they were aged between 15 and 25 years and were age and gender matched in the ratio of 1:1.
A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information regarding their self-tobacco use, form of use, parental and grandparental tobacco use.
Among the 215 study participants in each group, the distributions of male and female participants were 212 (98.6%) and three (1.4%), respectively, the study participants with paternal tobacco habit were 5.28 times more likely to adopt the tobacco habit compared to the study participants without paternal tobacco use and study participants with paternal grandfather tobacco use were 1.57 times more likely to develop the tobacco habit than the study participants without paternal grandfather tobacco use and both the association was found to be statistically highly, it reads.
It said that participants who had higher maternal strictness were 0.077 less likely to develop the tobacco habit compared to the study participants with lower maternal strictness which was found to be statistically significant. Participants with higher paternal warmth were 0.097 times less likely to adopt the tobacco habit compared to study participants with lower paternal warmth which was found to be statistically significant.
For an effective tobacco control program among tobacco users, counseling of participants’ father and mother should be done simultaneously.

It said anti-tobacco activities should emphasize and make parents realize the importance the family plays in the development of tobacco behavior—(KNO)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 2, 2023
About 15.5 mn children in US infected with Covid

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Los Angeles: Almost 15.5 million children in the US are reported to have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association.
Over 121,000 of these cases have been added in the past four weeks, and almost 28,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported in the latest week ending February 23, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the report.
Over the past five months, weekly reported child cases in the United States have plateaued at an average of about 32,000 cases.
Reported cases are likely a “substantial undercount” of Covid-19 cases among children, according to the report.
There is a need to collect more age-specific data to assess the severity of illness related to new variants as well as potential longer-term effects, said the report.
It is important to recognize there are immediate effects of the pandemic on children’s health, but importantly we need to identify and address the long-lasting impacts on the physical, mental, and social well-being of this generation of children and youth, said the AAP.
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March 1, 2023
Video: Besiktas fans throw toys on field for children in quake-hit Turkey

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In a wonderful humanitarian gesture, fans of the Turkish football club Besiktas threw thousands of toys onto the field on Sunday in a symbol of solidarity with the children affected by the devastating February 6 earthquakes in Turkey.
The shower of giant teddy bears and other toys came during a Turkish Super League match between Besiktas and Antalyaspor on Sunday at the city’s Vodafone Park stadium.
The Turkish Super League match was stopped after 4 minutes and 17 seconds, the time the first earthquake struck was 4:17 am local time on February 6, and toys showered from the stands.
Pink dolls, shiny unicorns, fluffy bunnies, monkeys, elephants and fish were among the toys thrown on the field. Some people threw scarves and hats – they hoped the donations would keep those displaced by the disaster warm amid the harsh winter conditions.
In a club statement, Besiktas said its fans organized a meaningful event to help children affected by the recent earthquakes and threw gifts on the field.
“Our fans organized a meaningful event called ‘This toy is my friend’ during the match in order to give morale to the children affected by the earthquake. The fans threw scarves, berets and plush toys to be given as a gift to the children in the earthquake region,” read Besiktas’ statement.
Watch the videos below
As the clock strikes 04:17 (the time of the earthquake), Beşiktaş fans throw thousands of soft toys onto the pitch to be sent to kids in the affected areas.
Again, proud that this is my club. I love this club.pic.twitter.com/mAJiykrMKr
— Can Okar (@canokar) February 26, 2023
Images show piles of toys stacked on the side of the field after being tossed onto the field.
Photo: Anadolu Agency
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The country has been hit by three total earthquakes — two on February 6 and one on February 20 — and the current death toll has reached 43,556 in Turkey alone and 47,244 Syrians dead among them, according to the Associated Press.

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February 28, 2023
Hyderabad: Stray dog attack leaves two children injured

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Hyderabad: In yet another incident of a stray dog attack in Hyderabad, two children, Aayan (8) and Fatima (5) are left with bite injuries. They were attacked by two stray dogs while playing near their house in Borabanda, S R Nagar.
They were immediately taken to the hospital for treatment. Later, the local people informed GHMC officials about the incident, raising concerns over the increasing stray dog menace in the area.
Recently boy died in stray dog attack in Hyderabad
Just a few days ago, a horrific incident took place wherein a 5-year-old boy was mauled to death in a stray dog attack in Hyderabad.
A pack of stray dogs attacked him when he was strolling outside. Though, locals rushed to his rescue and rushed him to a hospital, he was declared dead by the doctors on arrival.
The next day, another 4-year-old boy sustained minor injuries in an attack by stray dogs. The incident took place in Maruti Nagar Colony, Hyderabad.
Telangana HC pulls up municipal body
Recently, after taking cognisance of the media report on the incident, Telangana High Court initiated suo moto Public Interest Litigation (PIL).
The court pulled up Hyderabad’s municipal body over the gruesome death of the child. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan blamed negligence by the Greater Hyderabad of Municipal Corporation (GHMC) for the child’s death and asked it what steps are being taken to curtail incidents of stray dog attacks.
The court included the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary of the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, GHMC Commissioner, GHMC Deputy Commissioner (Amberpet), GHMC Veterinary Officer, Hyderabad District Collector and Member Secretary of Telangana State Legal Services Authority as respondents in the case and asked them to file the counter.

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February 28, 2023
Gerard Piqué’s ‘trap’ for Shakira to spend more time with his children

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The relationship of the Colombian singer Shakira with her former mother-in-law, Montserrat Bernabéu, the mother of Gerard Piqué, was very good while she was married to the former soccer player.
However, after the breakup of the couple, the tension has increased, something that was reflected in one of the songs in which Shakira has expressed her feelings.
“You left my mother-in-law as a neighbor, with the press at the door and the debt at the Treasury,” says the lyrics of ‘Sessions #53’, the song that Shakira recorded with the Argentine Bizarrap, and in which she also refers to the litigation that the Colombian has for an accusation of having defrauded the treasury between 2012 and 2014, in a debt that amounts to 14.5 million euros.
Piqué and his mother’s strategy
Now, Spanish media reveal that Piqué would be cheating Shakira to spend more time with her children, after another long and tortuous process in which justice handed over custody of the two children to the Barranquillera.
According to the Vanitatis show portal, Shakira and Piqué would have discussed the treatment they are giving to Milan and Sasha and each one would be setting up some traps to find out if the other is committing an oversight in which they can be caught.
Shakira wears the sweatshirt designed by her niece.
In one of those attitudes, Piqué would have involved his mother, with the intention of spending more time with his children. Shakira’s ex-mother-in-law is still in charge of taking the children to some extracurricular activities.
Piqué would be taking advantage of this factor to take advantage of it and see Milan and Sasha more time. According to the same source, the strategy is that Montserrat picks up the children at home, walks a few meters with them and then, in a place where Shakira can no longer see them, makes the exchange so that they go with her father. .

Today, the relationship between Shakira and Montserrat is far from the affection and cordiality they had in the 12 years that they lasted as Piqué’s partner. Gone were the demonstrations of affection from the Colombian, who on more than one occasion published photos in which they were together.
The one who seems to stay away from Shakira’s new messages in his songs is Piqué himself, beyond the mockery of putting on a Casio watch and riding in a Renault Twingo, the lyrics of ‘Sessions #53’ were hardly known.
Vanitatis assures that Piqué is not offended by his ex-partner’s songs and is concentrating on his new relationship with Clara Chía Martí, and that, in addition, he is clear that he will not return to the Colombian.
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February 27, 2023
Educate children so they do not stand on streets shouting slogans: Naseeruddin Chishti

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Jaipur: Syed Naseeruddin Chishti, the chairman of the All India Sufi Sajjadanshin Council and successor of the spiritual head of Ajmer Dargah, appealed to his community members on Sunday to educate their children so that they can deal with issues with wisdom and not stand on streets shouting slogans.
Addressing a gathering at the closing ceremony of the annual Urs of Khwaja Fakhruddin Chishti, the eldest son of the Sufi Saint Moinuddin Chishti, in Bhilwara, he said that the youth, whether it is a girl or a boy, are the future of the country.
“Some of your children will be an IAS officer, some will be a leader and some will be a scientist. Do not get misled by those who try to push the youth towards negative thoughts and provoke them, let us contribute to the progress of the country,” he said.
Highlighting the importance of education of girl child, he said that a girl educates two families and therefore it is very important to impart them education.
“We should encourage our daughters to get the best education,” he said.
“We all are Indian first, and later Hindu or Muslim. Some selfish and extremist thinkers are misleading the youth of the country by spreading poison in the hearts of the people, especially in the minds of the youth, in the name of religion and are inciting hatred in the country which is totally wrong and against the teachings of saints,” he said.
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February 26, 2023
Hyderabad: 16 children rescued from brick kiln in Vattinagulapally

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Hyderabad: Child Welfare Committee (CWC) along with the Labour department raided a brick kiln on Friday and rescued 16 children in Vattinagulapally.
Upon receiving information that a few children are working at the SVI Brick Klin company owned by Kunku Mohan Rao, Smile Team rushed to the spot and verified the same. Labour department was informed about this incident by the Smile Team.
16 children were rescued in the raid on the brink klin by CWC, labour department, Child Line foundation, Ranga Reddy District Child Protection Unit staff and Odisha liason officer, Ramesh.
Of the 16 rescued, 9 were boys and 7 were girls, with four girls under the age of 14, said a press note on Friday.
Upon enquiry, the children revealed that they were working at the brick kiln along with their parents, in claying and tessellation of bricks for burning.
Their parents were counselled in the presence of DCPU, Labour department, Child line and the children were handed over to Vivekananda Girls Home, Miyapur.
A case has been registered under Section 79 of Juvenile Justice Act, Sec 14(1) of the Child Labour Act at Gachibowli police station.

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February 24, 2023
150 satellites made by school children launched from Tamil Nadu

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Chennai: As part of the APJ Abdul Kalam Satellite Launch Vehicle mission 2023, a total of 150 satellites made by school children from across the country were launched on Sunday in Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpattu district.
Lt. Governor of Puducherry, Tamilisai Soundararjan launched the satellites at Pattipolam village in Chengalpattu district.
The mission is a part of a joint venture between APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation, Kalpakam Atomic Research Centre, Martin Foundation and Space Zone of India.
APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation in a statement said: “Around 3,500 students from various schools of the country were part of this project.”
The students who participated in the project include — 200 students from the fishermen community of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, 100 students from tribal belts.
The students were given training in satellite technology virtually and later given hands-on sessions.
Founder and Chief Executive officer of Space Zone, Anand Megalingam, said: “The students grasped the technology easily and they need applause in their ability to learn new technologies. The students have worked tirelessly to achieve this.”

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February 19, 2023