#nfhs 5

[indizombie]

There are two statistics in NFHS-5 that ought to be a much greater source of worry for the Assam government and for all who care for girls and women. Women’s job opportunities in the state declined sharply over the previous decade, and the sex ratio at birth in urban Assam is worryingly low at 916 girls per 1,000 boys. In the face of such facts, why is “child marriage” becoming the state’s number one law-and-order problem? Putting husbands, fathers or priests in jail will not empower women or stop underage marriage. It will only make women even more vulnerable, encourage concealment, and strengthen prejudices against minorities and the poor.

Mary John, ‘Assam’s crackdown on child marriages is driven more by politics than concern for women’, Indian Express

[worldinyourpalm]

कम उम्र की लड़कियों से शादी करने वाले पुरुषों पर असम में शिकंजा | Men who have married underage girls face harsh penalties in Assam;

असम में बाल विवाह (लड़कियों की शादी उम्र से पहले)

गुवाहाटी: असम कैबिनेट ने सोमवार को राज्य पुलिस को 14 साल से कम उम्र की लड़कियों से शादी करने वाले पुरुषों पर कार्रवाई शुरू करने और उन्हें पॉक्सो एक्ट के तहत गिरफ्तार करने का निर्देश दिया, जबकि 14 से 18 साल की उम्र की लड़कियों से शादी करने वालों को गिरफ्तार किया जाएगा। बाल विवाह निषेध अधिनियम, 2006 के तहत।

मुख्यमंत्री हिमंत बिस्वा सरमा ने कहा कि मोटे अनुमान के मुताबिक, राज्य में एक लाख से ज्यादा लड़कियों की शादी उम्र से पहले कर दी गई है।

राष्ट्रीय परिवार स्वास्थ्य सर्वेक्षण-5 का हवाला देते हुए

(2019-20) की रिपोर्ट में सरमा ने कहा कि असम में बाल विवाह की संख्या बढ़ रही है। उन्होंने कहा, 'हमारे अपने एक सर्वे में हमने पाया है कि राज्य में महज नौ साल की एक लड़की मां बनी है।'

चूंकि पिछली सरकारों ने राज्य में बाल विवाह निषेध अधिनियम, 2006 पर ध्यान नहीं दिया, इसलिए हमारी शिशु मृत्यु दर और मातृ मृत्यु दर देश में सबसे अधिक बनी हुई है।

यह एक ऐतिहासिक भूल है और हम इसे सुधारने का प्रयास कर रहे हैं। उम्मीद है कि अब से सालों बाद हम असम को बाल विवाह से पूरी तरह मुक्त कर सकते हैं, 'असम के सीएम ने कहा।

NFHS-5 सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार, 20 से 24 वर्ष की आयु की महिलाएं जिनकी शादी 18 वर्ष की आयु से पहले हुई थी, असम में 31% से अधिक महिलाएं हैं, जबकि 2019-20 में राष्ट्रीय औसत 23% से अधिक है......

[gyandutt]

खुले आसमान तले निपटान

ब्लॉग- खुले आसमान तले निपटान अगले पच्चीस साल में भारत विकसित देश बन जायेगा। तब भी ��ोग प्लास्टिक की बोतल ले कर दिशा-मैदान के लिये जा��े-आते दिख जायेंगे। शर्त लगाई जा सकती है!

सवेरे साइकिल ले कर घूमने निकलते रेलवे लाइन के आसपास ताजा निपटान देखने की अब आदत पड़ गई है। पहले जेब से रुमाल निकाल कर नाक पर दबाता था। अब दूर से ही सांस रोक पैडल तेज मारता हुआ वह इलाका पार करता हूं। आंकड़े में गांव ओपन डीफेकेशन फ्री चार पांच साल पहले ही हो चुका है। पर सीन जस का तस है। मेरे घर के पीछे का खेत भी हमारा है। उसमें हमने कंटीली बाड़ भी लगा रखी है। घर की आड़ और कंटीली बाड़ ने नीलगाय और अन्य…

[indipopcorn]

Domestic Violence is still not the heinous crime in India..!

According to the National Commission for Women (NCW), the number of domestic violence complaints in India has fluctuated since 2019: 

2019: 2,960 complaints out of 19,730 total cases 

2020: 5,304 complaints out of 23,722 total cases, during the COVID-19 lockdown 

2021: 6,633 complaints out of 30,864 total cases 

2022: 6,970 complaints out of 30,957 total cases 

2023: 6,304 complaints out of 28,811 total cases 

According to the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5), 29.3% of married Indian women between the ages of 18 and 49 have experienced domestic or sexual violence, and 3.1% of pregnant women in that age group have experienced physical violence. However, only a small percentage of victims seek help

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) of 2005 allows women to seek help from a domestic violence protection officer for dowry harassment. 

Amruta Subhash, a renowned actress in Marathi and Hindi Cinema, gained acclaim for her work in Lust Stories 2, Gully Boy, and Bombay Begums. In a roundtable discussion, she shared her experience of being beaten up by her on-screen husband in a TV Show. Despite her discomfort, the producer insisted on the scenes for higher TRP. This revelation made her realize the sad reality of society where violence against women boost ratings.

If I were to share my observations, a man's mother would discredit a girl for rejecting him during the procedures of an arranged marriage in a big city like Ahmedabad. If this infuriated him, he would then be sure to label her as being out of her ethnic group. It's all too typical to hear girls ask for too much in marriage, so why can't she? Why are you supporting these girls if you don't think they meet your criteria? Many illiterate girls are willing to assist you with domestic chores. They are unable to accept the fact that the girl of their choice will reject them and they do not want to make any concessions. Even Nevertheless, they live in a time when women follow their hearts.

Middle-aged men and women preach to girls and their parents in community WhatsApp groups and on social media pages to be cultural and marry middle-class boys because they are cultural. Is it? Therefore, there need to be an end to middle class families' incidents of dowry harassment and domestic abuse.  Regretfully, such drivel and so-called social activism are unchecked.

We can expect the worst from son if his mother treats the girl in this manner!      

[shubhwrites]

Health related information on Women in India

Historically, women have suffered with health problems more than the men. 70% of adolescent girls in India are anaemic. This is a cause of concern.

Data regarding women health

Adoslescent Fertility Rate(AFR) : As per NFHS-5 (2019-2021), Tripura recorded the highest AFR with 69 per 1000 women.

Teenage pregnancies: There are three times more chance of teenage pregnancies leading to death and about 113 women loosing their lives dye to teenage pregnancies.

Government initiatives for women health

Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Kaaryakram is a scheme where female adolescents learn about their health. It also gives guidance to LGBTQ adolescent and provides inclusive development.

Janani Suraksha Yojana is a scheme to increase institutional births. It is a safe motherhood intervention and is covered under National Health Mission. It is a central sector scheme, meaning that the Central government provides 100% of the funds.

Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, focuses on pregnant and lactating mothers. It is a direct benefit transfer(DBT) scheme in which cash benefits are provided to pregnant women.

LaQshya improves the quality of care in labour room and maternity operation theatres to ensure that pregnant women receive respectful and quality care during delivery and immediate post-partum.

Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) provides assured, dignified, respectful and quality healthcare at no cost and zero tolerance for debial of services to women.

Under Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana, every pregnant women is entitled to free delivery, including caesarean section, in public health institutions.

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به نظر می رسد چاقی در دوران کودکی یک امر بد است. متأسفانه، این یک واقعیت ترسناک است. هند با 27.05 درصد جمعیت ما در محدوده سنی 0 تا 14 سال دومین کشور پرجمعیت جهان است. ما به میزان سوءتغذیه کودکان در کشور بدنام هستیم. با این حال، ممکن است برای شما تعجب آور باشد که ما از نظر تعداد موارد چاقی کودکان نیز دومین کشور هستیم. براساس آخرین نظرسنجی ملی سلامت خانواده (NFHS-5، انجام شده در سال 2019-21)، جامع ترین نظرسنجی سلامت خانواده و شاخص های اجتماعی توسط دولت، 3.4 درصد از کودکان زیر پنج سال در مقایسه با 2.1 درصد در سال 2015-2016 اضافه وزن دارند. در ظاهر، این درصد ممکن است اندک به نظر برسد، اما با توجه به اندازه جمعیت هند، این تعداد وحشتناک است. بر اساس اطلس جهانی چاقی یونیسف برای سال 2022، پیش بینی می شود که هند تا سال 2030 بیش از 27 میلیون کودک چاق داشته باشد. این بدان معناست که از هر ده کودک چاق، یک نفر هندی خواهد بود.  با توجه به داده ها، برای ما مهم است که بفهمیم چاقی دوران کودکی چیست و چگونه می توانیم با این همه گیری مقابله کنیم.  آشنایی با چاقی دوران کودکی در اصطلاح پزشکی، زمانی که شاخص توده بدنی (BMI) در نمودارهای رشد خاص مرکز کنترل و پیشگیری از بیماری (CDC) از صدک 95 یا بالاتر باشد، یک کودک چاق در نظر گر��ته می شود. به بیان ساده، چاقی دوران کودکی زمانی که BMI کودک یا نوجوان بالاتر از 30 باشد، یک وضعیت پزشکی جدی است. BMI با استفاده از قد و وزن شما محاسبه می شود. سپس صدک BMI شما (جایی که ارزش BMI شما نسبت به افراد دیگر کاهش می یابد) با استفاده از جنسیت و سن شما تعیین می شود.  چاقی در دوران کودکی یک مشکل است زیرا یک کودک چاق به بزرگسالی چاق تبدیل می‌شود که دارای عوارض سلامتی فراوانی از دیابت نوع 2، آسم و آپنه خواب گرفته تا سرطان، بیماری‌های قلبی عروقی و کبد چرب است. چاقی همچنین می تواند اثرات روانی مخربی بر روی کودکان و بزرگسالان داشته باشد، از جمله اعتماد به نفس پایین، انزوای اجتماعی و افسردگی. دلایلی که منجر به افزایش موارد چاقی کودکان می شود، چند وجهی است. بیایید عمیق تر به ریشه ها برسیم و گام های پیشگیرانه ای برداریم تا به سوی آینده ای بهتر و سالم تر کار کنیم.  علائم چاقی در دوران کودکی خستگی تنگی نفس افزایش تعریق  آپنه خواب یا خروپف  صافی کف پا و زانوهای ضربه ای درد مفاصل  بثورات و سوزش پوست ایجاد پوست تیره و مخملی در اطراف گردن و نواحی مجاور علائم کشش روی باسن، شکم و ران ها بلوغ زودرس در دخترانی که سیکل های قاعدگی نامنظم دارند بلوغ دیررس در پسران رسوب بیش از حد چربی در اطراف سینه (هم دختران و هم پسران) رفلکس اسید یبوست مزمن اختلال خوردن علل چاقی کودکان 1. انتخاب های غذایی  غذاهای ناسالم به عنوان یک جایگزین آسان و راحت برای رژیم غذایی اصلی ما معرفی شدند. آنها مطمئناً وسوسه انگیز هستند، اما به هیچ وجه نباید فست فودها به طور کامل جایگزین یا تضعیف مصرف رژیم های غذایی متعادل شوند. با این حال، در سال های اخیر، مشاهده شده است که کودکان جوانه های چشایی ایجاد می کنند که فقط فست فودها را ترجیح می دهند. مشکلات زیادی در این روند وجود دارد.  چنین غذاهایی فاقد هر گونه ریز مغذی هایی هستند که بدن ما برای عملکرد خود به آن نیاز دارد. آنها حاوی فواید اندکی یا بدون فواید سلامتی هستند. اکثر فست فودها حاوی چربی های اشباع شده، چربی های ترانس و سطوح بالای سدیم، قند و طعم دهنده های مصنوعی هستند که به روش های مختلفی بر ما تأثیر می گذارد.  برای شروع، از آنجایی که این غذاها ارزش غذایی بسیار کمی دارند یا اصلاً ارزش غذایی ندارند، برای تأمین انرژی مورد نیاز کودک شما در سال های رشد خود کوتاهی می کنند. این می تواند منجر به عوارض سلامتی شود که از جسمی مانند کاهش رشد گرفته تا مسائل ذهنی مانند عدم انگیزه برای معاشرت با همسالان یا شرکت در فعالیت های ��وق برنامه متغیر است. علاوه بر این، کمبود ریزمغذی‌ها باعث می‌شود بدن به آنها تمایل پیدا کند که احتمالاً کودک شما آن را به اشتباه به عنوان گرسنگی و خوردن غذاهای ناسالم تعبیر می‌کند. با این حال، تعداد کالری مصرفی باید متناسب با کالری سوزانده شود. در صورت عدم تعادل آن، متابولیسم بدن مختل می شود که منجر به افزایش وزن و سایر مشکلات سلامتی می شود. بر اساس تحقیق، خطر ابتلا به آسم، اگزما و رینیت در کودکان و نوجوانانی که به طور منظم فست فود می خورند، به ترتیب 27 درصد و 39 درصد افزایش می یابد.  خوردن غذاهای فست فود زیاد در دوران کودکی، تغذیه سالم را در زندگی بعدی بسیار سخت می کند، حتی اگر مشکلات پزشکی مرتبط از قبل مشهود باشد. طعم اعتیاد آور فست فود باعث می شود کام کودک شما طعم کمتر لذیذ غذای معمولی را بچشد.

2. سبک زندگی کم تحرک  ناپدید شدن تدریجی زمین های بازی از شهرها و شهرک ها منجر به کاهش شدید فعالیت های بدنی کودکان شده است. آن چند ساعت دویدن با دوستان در شب نه تنها برای ذهن و بدن کودکان شاداب بود، بلکه یک ضرورت مطلق بود. کاهش آن ارتباط مستقیمی با افزایش چاقی کودکان دارد.  دوره های اجباری تربیت بدنی در مدارس نیز خود را از علاقه مند کردن کودکان به آمادگی جسمانی ناتوان کرده است. کودکان روزهای خود را مملو از فعالیت‌های فوق برنامه و آموزشی می‌گذرانند که به سختی زمان و انرژی برای آنها باقی می‌ماند تا یک شب آرام را در آنجا بازی کنند.  COVID-19 وضعیت را بیشتر بدتر کرد. در طول همه گیری همه گیر، زندگی ما با وسایل الکترونیکی آمیخته شد. بدون شک این توسعه مزایا و معایب خود را دارد، اما این مقاله ای نیست که ما در مورد آن صحبت کنیم. نکته ای که ما به آن اشاره می کنیم این است که دیجیتالی شدن زندگی ما باعث شده همه ما از نظر فیزیکی کمتر فعال باشیم. وقتی در مورد بچه ها صحبت می کنیم، ما والدین چاره ای نداشتیم جز اینکه به آنها اجازه دهیم از وسایل استفاده کنند و سلامت عقل خود را حفظ کنند در حالی که همه ما در خانه هایمان قفل شده بودیم. از سخنرانی‌ها و تکالیف مدرسه گرفته تا بازی‌های آنلاین و تماس‌های ویدیویی با دوستان و خانواده، همه آن‌ها را به صفحه نمایش متصل می‌کرد. مطالعه اخیر نشان می دهد که حدود 70 درصد از کاربران اینترنت، به ویژه نسل جوان، بیشتر از تلفن های هوشمند خود استفاده می کنند که نتیجه مستقیم آن است. تعطیلی. این عادتی که به تدریج در طی دو سالی که بیماری همه گیر ادامه یافت، ایجاد شد، مردن بسیار سخت است. بسیاری از کودکان را به قیمت تناسب اندام خود معتاد به موبایل و لپ تاپ کرده است. عادات دیر خوابیدن نیز یکی از عوامل موثر در چاقی است. کودک شما احتمالاً در حالی که شب ها دیر بیدار می ماند گرسنه می شود و به گزینه های غذایی «سری�� آماده می شود» متوسل می شود یا از بیرون سفارش می دهد تا خود را سیر کند. آنها به سختی کالری مصرف شده از "میان وعده های آخر شب" را می سوزانند و بنابراین مستقیماً به وزن بدن آنها اضافه می شود.  3. عوامل روانی مسائل شخصی، والدین یا خانوادگی می تواند خطر چاقی را در کودک افزایش دهد. برخی از کودکان برای کنار آمدن با مشکلات یا مقابله با احساسات منفی مانند استرس، اضطراب، تنهایی یا برای مبارزه با کسالت، پرخوری می کنند.  4. مسائل ژنتیکی  اگر فرزند شما از خانواده افراد دارای اضافه وزن است، احتمالاً به راحتی وزن اضافه می کند. این به ویژه در محیطی که گزینه های غذایی ناسالم به راحتی در دسترس هستند و فعالیت بدنی به اندازه کافی تشویق نمی شود، صادق است.  در حالی که ما در مورد علل چاقی کودکان صحبت کرده ایم، اقدامات پیشگیرانه یا درمانی باید با در نظر گرفتن آنها انجام شود. در اینجا چند نکته از کارشناسان ما وجود دارد که به شما کمک می کند کودک خود را سالم و شاد نگه دارید.  نکاتی برای مقابله با چاقی کودکان  1. فعالیت های بدنی را تشویق کنید  فعالیت بدنی علاوه بر سوزاندن کالری، استخوان‌ها و ماهیچه‌های کودک شما را تقویت می‌کند، به خواب با کیفیت‌تر کمک می‌کند و می‌تواند خلق و خو و سلامت کلی او را تقویت کند. 20 تا 45 دقیقه فعالیت بدنی با شدت متوسط ​​در روز برای تناسب اندام کودک شما ضروری است. به آنها انگیزه دهید که به بیرون از منزل بروند و با کودکان هم سن و سال خود بازی کنند. این امر بر روحیات اجتماعی و روانی آنها نیز تأثیر مثبت خواهد گذاشت. در صورتی که این امکان وجود ندارد، آنها را تشویق کنید که به تنهایی یا با کسی که آنها را همراهی می کند به دوچرخه سواری یا پیاده روی بروند. گاهی اوقات، می توانید با رقصیدن با آنها یا انجام یک ورزش مانند بدمینتون یا کریکت، فعالیت های بدنی آنها را سرگرم کننده تر کنید.  2. غذای سالم را بیشتر در دسترس قرار دهید  غذاهای کامل مانند میوه ها، سبزیجات، غلات کامل، دانه ها، آجیل و پروتئین های بدون چربی را به کودک خود بدهید. میوه ها و سبزیجات تازه فصلی باید به ویژه تشویق شوند. غذاهای فرآوری شده و راحت مانند کلوچه ها، بیسکویت ها، تنقلات آماده و غیره را کاهش دهید که همگی می توانند قند، نمک، چربی و کالری بالایی داشته باشند.  مطمئن شوید که طیف گسترده ای از غذاهای سالم در خانه شما موجود است. میان وعده های سالم و انتخاب های غذایی را در آشپزخانه در سطح چشم قرار دهید. این به کودک شما می آموزد که غذای سالم خود را انتخاب کند. 3. خوردن ذهن آگاهانه را تمرین کنید  خوردن یک وعده غذایی هنگام تماشای صفحه نمایش ممکن است منجر به پرخوری شود. بنابراین، سعی کنید به عنوان یک خانواده با هم غذا بخورید. این نه تنها به جلوگیری از پرخوری کمک می

کند، بلکه می توانید ارزش غذایی بشقاب کودک خود را پیگیری کنید و با هر سر و صدای ناخواسته ای مقابله کنید. همچنین می توانید عادات غذایی سالم مانند جویدن آهسته را به کودک خود بیاموزید که هضم او را بهبود می بخشد و در نتیجه متابولیسم را افزایش می دهد.  یکی از مواردی که باید در نظر داشته باشید این است که زمان صرف غذا را با مکالمه دلپذیر کنید. اگر کودک شما در وعده‌های غذایی با صحبت‌های ناخوشایند یا سکوت‌های ناخوشایند همراه است، ممکن است سعی کند سریع‌تر غذا بخورد تا در اسرع وقت میز را ترک کند. این باعث می شود مغز آنها غذا خوردن را با استرس پیوند دهد.  4. یک برنامه خواب مناسب داشته باشید  نداشتن خواب کافی می تواند با افزایش سطح گرلین، هورمون مسئول اشتها، منجر به افزایش وزن شود. خواب کم همچنین می تواند انرژی کودک شما را برای ورزش در طول روز از بین ببرد و هوس خوردن غذاهای شیرین را تشویق کند. برای کمک به خواب شبانه فرزندتان، آخرین وعده غذایی خود را حداقل دو ساعت قبل از خواب سرو کنید، زمان شب را با صفحه نمایش محد��د کنید و یک برنامه منظم شبانه داشته باشید. 5. از یک غذا در برابر دیگری استفاده نکنید  هنگامی که از غذاهایی مانند شیرینی به عنوان جایزه استفاده می کنید، ممکن است کودک شما تصور کند که این غذاها بهتر از سایر غذاها هستند. به عنوان مثال، گفتن به فرزندتان که اگر تمام سبزیجات خود را بخورد، دسر دریافت خواهد کرد، پیام اشتباهی در مورد سبزیجات می‌فرستد. در حالی که اینها چند نکته اساسی هستند، مهم است که به یاد داشته باشید که هر کودکی منحصر به فرد است و والدین بهترین تصمیم را برای سلامت کودک خود می دانند. ما یک نمونه برنامه غذایی برای کودکان در گروه های سنی مختلف با توجه به نیازهای تغذیه ای آنها آماده کرده ایم. این ممکن است به شما کمک کند تا نیازها و خواسته های فرزندتان را بررسی کنید.  دستورالعمل های غذایی کودکان نوپا و پیش دبستانی (2 تا 5 سال) از 2 سالگی، کودک شما باید تقریباً تمام غذاهایی را که برای خانواده ساخته شده است بخورد. با این حال، با توجه به اینکه سطح چاشنی/ادویه باید برای کام آنها تعدیل شود.  1. غلات (حداقل 2-3 وعده کوچک در روز) غلات کامل منبع خوبی از انرژی برای کودک هستند و ویتامین های کلیدی مورد نیاز برای عملکردهای مختلف بدن را تامین می کنند. گزینه هایی برای گنجاندن در رژیم غذایی آنها می تواند باشد (1 وعده) پوسته برنج قرمز پوها / آپما - 1/3 فنجان مالت راگی - 1/2 لیوان دوسا/ادلی خانگی با 1 پیمانه راگی – 1 یا 2 عدد روتی شکم پر پنیر – 1 یا 2 عدد  سبزی خچدی – 1 کاسه 2. پروتئین (حداقل 1-2 وعده در روز) پروتئین ها بلوک های ساختمانی کلیدی برای کودک در حال رشد هستند. آنها همچنین برای ترمیم و جوانسازی بدن ضروری هستند. گزینه هایی برای گنجاندن در رژیم غذایی آنها می تواند باشد (1 وعده) مرغ آب پز / کبابی (1 چوب طبل یا 2 تکه کوچک) –         ماهی بخارپز (1 فیله بدون استخوان) –         میگو (2 تا 4 عدد) –         گوشت گوسفند (1 تکه کوچک) –         دال (1/3 فنجان) –         نخود (1 یا 2 قاشق غذاخوری – آب پز و له شده یا به شکل هوموس) –         Rajma (1 یا 2 قاشق غذاخوری – آب پز و له شده یا اضافه شده به Tikki) –         جوانه (1 یا 2 قاشق غذاخوری آب پز و له شده) 3. محصولات لبنی (حداقل 2 وعده کوچک در روز) لبنیات و فرآورده های آن به دلیل تامین پروتئین، کلسیم و ویتامین D ضروری هستند. گزینه هایی برای گنجاندن در رژیم غذایی آنها می تواند باشد (1 وعده) –         شیر معمولی (1/2 تا 1 فنجان) –         ماست خانگی (1/2 تا 1 فنجان) –         پنیر (1-2 مکعب) –         پنیر کلبه (4-5 مکعب متوسط) 4. میوه ها و سبزیجات این گروه غذایی برای کودک در حال رشد بسیار مهم است زیرا ویتامین ها و مواد معدنی کلیدی را به همراه هیدراته نگه داشتن آنها به بدن می رساند.   بنابراین مطمئن شوید که 5 به علاوه در روز به کودک خود می دهید! اینها شامل تمام میوه ها و سبزیجات فصلی می شود.  در حالت ایده آل، باید 3 وعده سبزیجات شامل:  –         سبزی برگ سبز (1/2 تا 1 کاسه – آب پز و مخلوط یا اضافه شده به خیچدی) –         سبزی ریشه (1/2 تا 1 کاسه هویج/سیب زمینی/ تربچه آب پز و له شده) – سبزیجات غیر نشاسته ای (2 وعده در روز مانند 1/3 کاسه بروکلی تفت داده شده / 1/2 کاسه گل کلم / 1/2 کاسه کلم و نخود سرخ شده) روزانه 2 وعده میوه ترجیحا فصلی مصرف شود. لطفا از آبگیری آنها خودداری کنید زیرا کودک شکر خالص و بدون فیبر دریافت می کند. 5. چربی ها چربی های با کیفیت خوب برای کودک در حال رشد مهم هستند زیرا ویتامین های محلول در چربی (A، D، E. K) در حضور آنها بهتر توسط بدن جذب می شوند.

چربی های با کیفیت خوب برای رشد کلی بدن و مغز کودک در حال رشد مهم هستند. ویتامین ها (A، D، E. K) در حضور چربی به بهترین وجه توسط بدن ما جذب می شوند. بنابراین مطمئن شوید که 1 تا 2 قاشق غذاخوری روغن نارگیل یا روغن نارگیل را به وعده های غذایی کودک خود اضافه می کنید. 6. آب: (3-5 لیوان در روز بسته به سطح فعالیت)  اطمینان حاصل کنید که آب کافی برای کودک پیش دبستانی خود تامین می کنید تا از کم آبی و جریان روان عملکردهای بدن جلوگیری شود. همچنین می توانید آب نارگیل (1 نارگیل بازده) یا آب لیمو/آهک تازه را همراه با آب معمولی به آنها پیشنهاد دهید.  برخی از گزینه های غذایی: Mini Bajra و Oats Uttapams پالک پنیر روتی چند دانه ای سالاد راجما برای کودکان نوپا Moong Sprouts Dosa جوانه های خچدی Mini Mixed Moong Dal Chilla – Paneer Vegetable Paratha – هویج چغندر رایتا برای کودکان نوپا. کودکان مدرسه‌ای (6 سال تا 12 سال) از 6 سالگی، کودک شما در مرحله رشد سریع است که در آن جهش های رشد کلیدی وجود خواهد داشت. بنابراین، برای حمایت از این مراحل رشد، تغذیه خانوار باید با انتظارات بیولوژیکی مطابقت داشته باشد. غلات (حداقل 2-3 وعده کوچک در روز) غلات کامل منبع خوبی از انرژی برای کودک هستند و ویتامین های کلیدی B مورد نیاز برای عملکردهای مختلف بدن را فراهم می کنند. گزینه هایی برای گنجاندن در رژیم غذایی آنها می تواند باشد – چاپاتیس گندم کامل یا چند دانه (2-3) – پوسته برنج قرمز poha/upma (1 فنجان) – دوسا/ادلی خانگی با 1 پیمانه راگی (2-3) – روتی پر شده پانیر (2-3) – مالت راگی (1 لیوان بلند) – سبزی خیچدی (1 کاسه) 2. پروتئین (حداقل 2-3 وعده در روز) پروتئین ها بلوک های ساختمانی کلیدی برای رشد سریع 6 ساله و حتی برای ترمیم و جوان سازی بدن آنها مهم تر هستند. بنابراین اطمینان حاصل کنید که آنها دارای کیفیت خوب هستند (با تمام 9 اسید آمینه ضروری در آنها) گزینه هایی برای گنجاندن در رژیم غذایی آنها می تواند باشد –         مرغ آب پز/ کبابی (2 طبل یا 2-3 قطعه متوسط) –         ماهی بخارپز (1 ماهی کامل بدون استخوان) –         میگو (تعداد 5-7) –         گوشت گوسفند (2 عدد متوسط) –         دال (1 فنجان) –      نخود (1/2 – 1 فنجان آب پز و له شده یا به شکل تیکی یا 1-2 قاشق غذاخوری به شکل هوموس) –         راجما (1/2-1 فنجان یا 2-3 قاشق غذاخوری جوشانده و له شده یا اضافه شده به Tikki) –         جوانه (1/2 فنجان یا 2-3 قاشق غذاخوری – آب پز و له شده یا اضافه شده به Tikki) 3. محصولات لبنی (حداقل 3 وعده متوسط ​​در روز) لبنیات و فرآورده های آن ضروری هستند زیرا پروتئین، کلسیم و ویتامین D را برای استخوان های در حال رشد کودکان 6 تا 12 ساله فراهم می کنند. گزینه هایی برای گنجاندن در رژیم غذایی آنها می تواند باشد –         شیر کم چرب (۱ تا ۲ فنجان) –         ماست خانگی (1 فنجان) –         پنیر (2-4 مکعب) –         پنیر کلبه (5-7 مکعب متوسط) 4. میوه ها و سبزیجات این گروه غذایی برای کودک در حال رشد بسیار مهم است زیرا ویتامین‌ها، مواد معدنی و آب کلیدی را به بدن می‌رسانند.  پس مطمئن شوید که 5-7 به علاوه یک روز به دانش آموزان مدرسه خود می دهید! اینها شامل تمام میوه ها و سبزیجات فصلی می شود.  در حالت ایده آل، باید 3 وعده سبزیجات شامل:  – سبزی سبز برگ (1/2 تا 1 کاسه – آب پز و مخلوط یا اضافه شده به خیچدی) – سبزی ریشه (1/2 تا 1 کاسه هویج/سیب زمینی/تربچه آب پز و له شده) – سبزی غیر نشاسته ای (2 وعده در روز مانند 1/3 کاسه کلم بروکلی تفت داده شده / 1/2 کاسه گل کلم / 1/2 کاسه کلم و نخود سرخ شده) روزانه 2 وعده میوه ترجیحا فصلی مصرف شود. لطفا از آبگیری آنها خودداری کنید زیرا کودک شکر خالص و بدون فیبر دریافت می کند. 5. چربی ها چربی های با کیفیت خوب برای رشد کلی بدن و مغز کودک در حال رشد مهم هستند. ویتامین ها (A، D، E. K) در حضور چربی به بهترین وجه توسط بدن ما جذب می شوند. بنابراین مطمئن شوید که 1 تا 2 قاشق غذاخوری روغن نارگیل یا روغن نارگیل را به وعده های غذایی کودک خود اضافه می کنید. 6. آب (4-6 لیوان در روز) اطمینان حاصل کنید که آب کافی و بیشتر به دانش آموز خود می دهید تا مایعات از دست رفته را در حین تعریق (در حین بازی) جبران کند، از کم آبی بدن جلوگیری کند و به عملکرد نرم اندام کمک کند.  همچنین می توانید آب نارگیل (1 نارگیل بازده) یا آب لیمو/آهک تازه را همراه با آب معمولی به آنها پیشنهاد دهید.  نوجوانان (13 سال تا 18 سال) نوجوانان در این مرحله باید به درستی تغذیه شوند، زیرا این آخرین فرصت آنها برای رسیدن به قد و وزن مطلوب است. به دلیل سرعت رشد سریع، نیاز نوجوانان به انرژی، پروتئین و ریزمغذی‌ها بسیار بیشتر از هر گروه سنی دیگری است.

تغذیه نامناسب در این مرحله می‌تواند رشد خطی را به تاخیر بیاندازد، اوج توده استخوانی را به خطر بیندازد و آنها را مستعد کمبود ریزمغذی‌ها (به ویژه آهن، کلسیم، روی و ویتامین D) کند و در نهایت پتانسیل رشد کلی آنها را مختل کند. آخرین نظرسنجی پان ایندیا، داده‌ها نشان می‌دهد که بیش از 50 درصد از نوجوانان دچار ضایعات، رشد کوتاه‌قد، چاق یا اضافه وزن هستند. بنابراین، اطمینان حاصل کنید که نوجوان شما رژیم غذایی متنوعی را شامل تمام 5 گروه غذایی مصرف می کند. غلات، حبوبات، سبزیجات، میوه ها و لبنیات/گوشت. کربوهیدرات ها باید 50 تا 65 درصد انرژی دریافتی را تشکیل دهند. پروتئین 10-30٪؛ و چربی 25-35٪. آنها باید سه وعده غذایی (صبحانه، ناهار، شام) و 2 تا 3 میان وعده در روز بخورند.  کلمات پایانی  به عنوان والدین، ما باید واقعا مراقب باشیم که چگونه و چگونه با کودکان ارتباط برقرار می کنیم. روی اعداد و مقیاس ها متمرکز نشوید، بلکه روی سلامتی، رفتارهای سالم و سبک زندگی تمرکز کنید. برای حمایت از فرزندتان، از اظهار نظر در مورد بدن، ظاهر یا وزن فرزندتان خودداری کنید. فرزندتان را به رژیم غذایی، حذف وعده های غذایی یا گرسنگی تشویق نکنید. کودکان در حال رشد به تغذیه جامد نیاز دارند. به جای محرومیت، بر رفتارهای مثبت تمرکز کنید. [ad_2] پیوند منبع

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Dying Over Rule Changes & Kickoffs

The NFL changed kickoff dramatically starting this season — both teams start 10 yards apart (kicking & receiving) & the ball has to land in the landing zone to be returnable & both teams cant move until the ball is in the landing zone or until a touchback occurs.

Obviously, the NFL did this to reduce injuries especially concussions as over two thirds of all injuries in the NFL occurred on kickoff.

The NFL borrowed this change from the XFL — which has combined with USFL & is as of this season referred to as the UFL — as they had done pretty much this exact change to kickoff their previous season but the UFL dropped the change this season.

So, the XFL & NFL had recently adjusted kickoff to reduce injuries especially concussions in what is the most dangerous play in the game by far.

You know which organizations have not made this adjustment?

NCAA, NFHS (high school tackle football) & Pop Warner (youth tackle football ages 5 to 14).

Tell me what fucking sense does that even fucking make?

The XFL had data that proved that changing kickoff had reduced injuries & concussions which is why the NFL adopted the rule change to kickoffs this season.

So, tell me why the lower amatuer levels of the sport — where only Big 10 players can be directly compensated by the organization they play for, which they are only a fraction of the total players when you consider that 2+ million play in Pop Warner, 1 million play in high school, 100k play in college (NCAA Division I through III, NAIA, junior college & community college) & only 1,600 play in the NFL — so the highest paid professional athletes that are unionized are protected by this rule change but not the amateur & almost all unpaid & uninsured athletes that do not have union protections?

Legal minors under 18 that are playing in high school and youth leagues aren’t protected yet the rule change & modified kickoff had already been proven in the XFL to be safer?

What in hell fucking sense does that make?

Then I remembered that NFHS did not even allow for high school quarterbacks to throw the football away until a rule change instituted in 2022 — yet college & NFL quarterbacks have been able to throw the football away for years.

What fucking sense does that make that legal minors under 18 in high school, adolescents playing at the youth level, uninsured & almost all college athletes that are unpaid and all three groups of football players have no union protections or representations are protected by the rules that govern this sociopathic militaristic cultish sport the least?

What fucking sense does that make that the athletes at the amateur levels who need the most protection from the rules receive the least protection?

Even after a rule change has been proven in two separate professional football leagues — XFL & NFL — to be safer & to reduce injuries.

Still, NCAA stubbornly "sticks to tradition" and now a 20 year old young man, a redshirt freshman linebacker who was playing his first season for Alabama State who had recently transferred from Grambling State & had only played seven games where he was injured playing the Magic City Game against in-state rivals Alabama State is now dead.

Dominece has now lost her only baby brother to the sport of tackle football. To a fucking game. To the amusement & entertainment of a mostly white male audience.

That is worth a 20 year old young man losing his life?

That is worth multiple brain bleeds, swelling, brain drains, craniotomy and death?

That is worth a sister losing her only younger brother?

That is worth a mother losing her son?

How can a game be worth all of that?

As long as it isn’t your brother & your son.

Right?

As long as you can just go right back to your Black Friday deals & shopping & eating your Thanksgiving leftovers & putting up your Christmas decos.

Right?

As long as you don’t have to endlessly replay your immediate family member dying because he did what he had been trained to do – use his human body as a physical battering ram on kickoff to go hit somebody? As long as you aren’t haunted for the rest of your fucking life with your immediate family member stretchered off the field giving the infamous & ubiquitous all’s well on the western front “thumbs up” sign only to die a month later? As long as you aren’t endlessly traumatized by multiple news reports & twitter accounts erroneously reporting that your dead family member was suddenly alive?

Right?

As long as you can start playing your Christmas music, doing your Christmas shopping & getting ready for the games on Sunday.

Right?

As long as it’s someone else’s dead black relative.

Right?

Burnett isn’t even the only death this year in Alabama A&M. A 16 year old died a day after suffering a head impact during a football game. As long as it’s somebody else’s dead black son. Right?

Lest you think it’s just dead black guys in college & high school, there are nine middle schoolers that died playing tackle football last year.

Middle school. Sixth, seventh & eighth grade. 11, 12 & 13 year olds.

Professional insured unionized players are more protected than 11 year old children.

What fucking sense does that make?

What about a mother who has lost her son?

What about her?

Can you even work in pretending to care?

Or are you watching Chiefs Raiders right now?

Can’t even be assed to give a damn about a mother who lost her son?

The injury occurred a literal day before his 20th birthday?

Do you still not even give a damn?

“Burnett's mother, Denise Burnett, told WAFF at the time that the family would "issue a statement about what we have been through" when "the time comes."

What supposedly excuses the violence in football? 

What makes the bloodthirsty, excessive nature of the sport acceptable in the public’s eye?

What is the reason presented by the NFL and constantly reinforced by their commentary teams, play by play analysts, reporters, coaches and the players themselves?

The legality of the violence. The rules of the sport.

The rules of engagement.

That is what makes the violence palatable — supposedly, anyway.

Other acts that would literally be considered assault and a felony in “everyday society” become perfectly palatable just because “the rules” allow it.

This is presented as an absolute maxim and is never questioned throughout the constantly societal macro presentation of the sport of football throughout all lenses — media, in-game, commentary, analysis, reporting, editorializing.

But the thing is, the legality of the violence that supposedly excuses football's barbaric intensity and excesses, is in itself totally random, arbitrary and often times opportunistic.

For instance, like the “Tua rule” addition to the NFL’s concussion protocol added two seasons ago transparently after Tua sustained a second concussion within four days, this time enduring a fencing response and being stretchered off the field on Thursday Night primetime football against the Bengals.

Or the rule added a year after Darryl Stingley’s hit suffered during a completely and totally meaningless pre-season game issued by Jack Tatum which was a completely at the time in the 1970s legal hit that was not even flagged or penalized in-game.

Nakedly transparent and opportunistic timing.

But if the laws of the NFL that legislate the violence are as arbitrary, random and often times opportunistic as they are, how can we as a society claim that those same rules of the game is what excuses and allows for the excessive, brutalistic, barbaric violence inherent in the sport of tackle football itself?

It’s cognitive dissonance. 

The rules of the game excuse the violence as Blandino and Steratore are happily to borderline comically overexplain to us after hits that are literally assault in the first degree in any other context, with the injured player often times still lying prone and motionless on the field, explaining in ridiculous levels of detail overly complicated and cartoonishly complex arcane rules that rival our penal code in terms of excessive legalism, complexity, denseness and borderline incomprehensibility due to how overly complicated it all is.

It is that very cartoonish complexity and over the top legalism that adds to the veneer of the game’s moralism — if the hit was legal, then it was right.

Any amount of violence can be excused “as long as it was a legal hit”.

Replay after replay. Angle after angle. Steratore droning on and on and on explaining the hit in terms of the rules from every single possible angle – similar to the multiple cameras still replaying the violence in Ultra 4K — and now even 8K — glory and gory detail.

But how can rules that are random, arbitrary and often opportunistic at the same time automatically excuse and provide a cover, veneer & sheen of moralism to the copious brutalistic violence displayed in every single football game?

There is no football game in the NFL — or in college — that passes by without a single injury occurring to at least one player.

On average, 1300 NFL players will endure an injury every single season.

Literally, think about that actual number in real life — not in terms of your favorite team or fantasy football ranking.

That’s more people than attended my entire Catholic high school which only had 1,000 students.

On average, 2,000 men suit up in any given NFL season — 2,000!

The very nature of the game of football treats the men like disposable dispensable chess pieces that can be moved around at any given moment — just like how a fan with a flick of a finger on their cell phone app gets rid of an injured player from their fantasy roster.

Their injuries aren’t real to us, the collective viewing audience, outside of how they affect our favorite team’s chances of winning and our fantasy standings — that’s it. Their pain, their anguish, their recovery time, their debilitation, their incapacitation, their reliance on opioids and painkillers, their numbness, their tingling, their inability to feel their legs, their difficulty walking, their inability to live alone, their fear, their existential dread, their depression, their suicidality, their anger, their deflation, their disappointment, their rage, their hopelessness, their bitterness, their damaged bodies, their anxiety, their panic attacks, their PTSD, their self-doubt, their loneliness, their struggles, their isolation, their loss of identity isn’t felt, experienced or often times even thought of by the fans.

It’s just, on to the next. Next man up. 

Only the biggest star players receive different treatment from the fans but it’s still self-directed.

It’s disappointment that the team won’t make the postseason or the playoffs or the Super Bowl.

It’s the hopes and dreams of being a contender being squashed.

It’s bitching and moaning about the size of the player’s contracts.

It’s not about the emotions and pain of the actual players themselves who in many ways are not real to the fans — they are avatars, heroes and videogame characters.

They are literal TV characters that the fans will just see next season once the series returns with new episodes.

They aren’t real fully flesh human beings that bleed and cry just like the fans do.

They are a chimera of sorts for fans, wish and fantasy fulfillment that grown adults can engage in like they are still children.

They are gods that the fans vicariously live through and atavistically experience adrenaline rushes through.

But let’s get back to the lauded so-called “rules of the game” that supposedly excuses all of this brutality that would never, ever be accepted outside of the confines of the spot of football.

It’s letter of the law legalistic bullshit. 

That's what these NFL rule changes represent.

So arbitrary, so callous, so cruel, so cold, so calculating, so manipulative, so done in response to player tragedy & public outcry never preemptively for actual player safety, so done for the image of the league never the brains minds & lives of the players, so dismissive, so reductive, so unforgiving to all the players killed, maimed, hurt, paralyzed, incapacitated, comatose, permanently disabled, catastrophically injured, diagnosed with CTE, Parkinsons, Alzheimers, ALS, dementia, post concussion syndrome, second impact syndrome, hematomas, cranial hemorrhages, cranial bleeding, swelling, loss of consciousness, blackouts, amnesia, loss of vision, suicides. . .

Oh well, that's your ass.

Shoulda played in a different era.

Shoulda had a Snickers.

Lets get to the totally random, overly legalistic arbitrary as fuck, cruel & merciless in its random application & protection of players based solely on the era in which they played and absolutely nothing else endlessly lauded bullshit “rules of the game”:

Early 1880s: In the early 1880s, rules allowed players to hit unhelmeted opponents with closed fists three times. 

1892: The introduction of the "flying wedge" — in which an entire line smashed into just one defensive player — so appalled critics that Camp, as chairman of the rules committee, was forced to outlaw it.

1955: The ball is dead immediately if the runner touches the ground with any part of his body except his hands or feet while in the grasp of an opponent.

1956: The ball is dead immediately if a runner touches the ground with any part of his body except his hands or feet after being contacted by a defensive player. 

1956: Grasping the face mask of any opponent except a runner is illegal use of hands. Penalty: Five yards.

1962: Grasping the face mask of an opponent is illegal. Penalty: 15 yards.

1971: A team will not be charged a timeout for an injured player unless the injury occurs in the last two minutes of either half.

1974: Eligible receivers who take a position more than two yards from the offensive tackle, whether on or behind the line, may not be blocked below the waist at or behind the line of scrimmage.

1974: No receiver can be blocked below the waist after moving beyond the line of scrimmage.

1974: An offensive player who is aligned in a position more than two yards laterally outside of the offensive tackle may not contact an opponent below the waist if the blocker is moving toward the position of the ball either at the snap or after it is made, and contact occurs within an area three yards on either side of the line of scrimmage. This is known as a crackback block. Penalty: 15 yards.

1976: A defender cannot place a hand or hands on a teammate to gain additional height in an attempt to block a kick. 

1976: A defender is not permitted to run or dive into a ball carrier who has fallen to the ground untouched.

1977: It is illegal for a defensive lineman to strike an opponent above the shoulders (head slap) during his initial charge. (Previously, it was legal only during the first step.) 

1977: The crackback prohibition is extended to running backs who move outside the tight end and back inside to deliver a block below the waist.

1979: Mandatory equipment is specified for all players to wear during a game. 

1978: Players on the receiving team are prohibited from blocking opponents below the waist during kickoffs, punts, and field goal attempts. 

1978: Officials will declare the ball dead as soon as the quarterback is clearly in the grasp and control of any tackler. 

1978: A player may be penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct for noncontact acts such as throwing a punch or a forearm, or kicking at an opponent. 

1978: A player in the backfield is prohibited from chopping an outside rusher on a pass play.

1979: It is unnecessary roughness if a tackler uses his helmet to butt, spear, or ram an opponent, or if any player uses the crown or top of the helmet unnecessarily. 

1979: The crackback zone is extended from three yards to five yards on either side of the line of scrimmage. 

1980: A Chop block (below the waist) is also prohibited by a tight end against an outside rusher. The prohibition applies to pass plays and any plays in which the player receiving the snap initially shows pass.

1981: Chop blocks (at or below the knee) are prohibited by interior linemen on passing plays or plays in which a lineman shows an attempt to pass block. If an offensive player who fires out at the snap blocks an opponent at or below the knee, the defender cannot be double-teamed by a teammate of the offensive player.

1982: It is illegal for any player to use the crown or top of his helmet against a passer, a receiver in the act of catching a pass, or a runner who is in the grasp of a tackler.

1983: All mandatory player equipment must be designed and made by a professional manufacturer and cannot be altered, except by direction of the club doctor. 

1983: A player who uses a helmet he is not wearing as a weapon shall be ejected. 

1983: The chop block rule applies to blocks at “thigh or lower.”

1985: During the last two minutes of a half, the play ends when a quarterback kneels or simulates kneeling on the ground.

1985: The ball is dead when any runner slides to the ground feet first, thereby declaring himself down.

1986: Blocking below the waist on punts is prohibited during the entire down. 

1986: The “lure” technique is prohibited. When an offensive tackle shows pass set, a teammate lined up outside him cannot chop a defender who is lined up over the tackle, even if the tackle and defender are not engaged (a “lure”).

1987: An offensive lineman may not clip a defender who, at the snap, is aligned on the line of scrimmage opposite another offensive lineman who is more than one position away, when the defender is responding to the flow of the ball away from the blocker. Example: A tackle cannot clip the nose tackle on a sweep to the opposite side

1987: It is illegal for the kicking team to block below the waist after a free kick or punt has been made. (Low blocks by the receiving team became illegal in 1979). 

1987: Both teams are prohibited from blocking below the waist after a change of possession.

1989: A defender (approaching from any direction) who has an unrestricted path to the quarterback is prohibited from flagrantly hitting him in the area of the knee(s).

1990: A player who butts, spears, or rams an opponent may be disqualified if the action is flagrant or vicious.

1991: Officials will whistle the play dead whenever a defensive lineman clearly penetrates beyond the neutral zone before the ball is snapped and continues unabated toward the quarterback.

1992: For the first time the chop block is illegal on some running players: It is illegal on a running play for an offensive player who is lined up in the backfield at the snap to deliberately block a defensive player in the thigh or lower (chop) if the defensive player is engaged by an offensive player who was on the line of scrimmage at the snap. This action is prohibited whether on or behind the line of scrimmage in an area that extends laterally to the position originally occupied by the tight end on either side. 

1992: When a defensive player runs forward and leaps in an attempt to block an extra point or field goal, it is a foul only if the leaping player lands on other players.

1994: Defensive players are prohibited from blocking low during a punt, field goal, or extra point attempt (kick), except those defensive players at the snap that are lined up on or inside the normal tight end position. Previously, all players on the defensive team could block low during the field goal or extra point attempt.

1996: Protection for defenseless players is clarified and expanded. Since 1982, a defensive player was prohibited from using the crown or top of his helmet against a passer, a receiver in the act of catching a pass, or a runner who is in the grasp of a tackler. 

The clarification provided that: 

Defenseless players included a kickoff or punt returner attempting to field a kick in the air, and a player on the ground at the end of a play.

Defensive players are prohibited from lowering their heads to make forcible contact with the facemask, or with the “hairline” or forehead part of the helmet, against an opponent, instead of only with the top/crown.

Defensive players are prohibited from forcibly hitting the defenseless player’s head, neck, or face with the helmet or facemask.

Defensive players are prohibited from launching into a defenseless player in a way that causes the defensive player’s helmet or facemask to forcibly strike the defenseless player’s head, neck, or face, even if the initial contact of the defender’s helmet or facemask is lower than the defenseless player’s neck.

1996: When tackling a passer during or just after throwing a pass, a defensive player is prohibited from unnecessarily and violently throwing him down and landing on top of him with all or most of the defender’s weight.

1996: On running plays, a chop block is prohibited by an offensive player who is aligned more than one position away from the engaged defender when the block occurs away from the flow of the play. 

1996: A defender cannot be chopped even after he has disengaged from an offensive opponent, if he is still confronting the offensive player. 

1996: Prohibition of the “lure” technique is applicable all along the offensive line, instead of only to a player outside a tackle. 

1996: Blocking from behind, at, or below the knees in the clipping zone is prohibited.

2002: On running plays, a chop block is prohibited by an offensive player who is aligned more than one position away from the engaged defender when the block occurs away from the flow of the play. 

2002: A defender cannot be chopped even after he has disengaged from an offensive opponent, if he is still confronting the offensive player. 

2002: Prohibition of the “lure” technique is applicable all along the offensive line, instead of only to a player outside a tackle. 

2002: Blocking from behind, at, or below the knees in the clipping zone is prohibited.

2005: It is illegal to grab the inside collar of the shoulder pads to tackle a runner (“horse-collar tackle”). 

2005: Unnecessarily running, diving into, or throwing the body against a player who should not have reasonably anticipated such contact by an opponent is unnecessary roughness. Previously, the rule only protected a player who is out of the play. 

2005: A kicker/punter must not be unnecessarily contacted by the receiving team through the end of the play or until he assumes a distinctly defensive position. An opponent may not unnecessarily initiate helmet-to-helmet contact to the kicker/punter during the kick or during the return. 

2005: An offensive player who is aligned in the tackle box at the snap and moves to a position outside the box is prohibited from initiating contact on the side or below the waist of an opponent if the blocker is moving toward his own end line and approaches the opponent from behind or from the side (“Peel Back Block”). The near shoulder of the blocker must be in front of his opponent’s body.

2006: Low hits on the quarterback are prohibited when a rushing defender has an opportunity to avoid such contact. 

2006: Blocks in the back above the waist by the kicking team while the ball is in flight during a scrimmage kick are illegal. 

2006: The definition of a “horse-collar tackle” is expanded to include grabbing the inside collar of the jersey. 

2006: During a field-goal attempt or a try, a defensive player who is within one yard of the line of scrimmage at the snap must have his helmet outside the snapper’s shoulder pad.

2007: A block below the waist against an eligible receiver while the quarterback is in the pocket is a 15-yard penalty instead of a 5-yard penalty (an illegal cut block).

2009: Teams are not permitted to intentionally form a wedge of more than two players on a kickoff return in an attempt to block for the runner. Penalty: 15 yards. 

2009: The “bunch” formation on kickoffs is eliminated. The kickoff team must have at least three players outside each hash mark, one of whom must be outside the yard-line number. 

2009: It is an illegal “blindside” block if the blocker is moving toward his own endline and approaches the opponent from behind or from the side, and the initial force of the contact by the blocker’s helmet, forearm, or shoulder is to the head or neck area of an opponent. Penalty: 15-yards. 

2009: It is an illegal hit on a defenseless receiver if the initial force of the contact by the defender’s helmet, forearm, or shoulder is to the head or neck area of the receiver. Penalty: 15 yards. 

2009: Clarified rule regarding low hits on passers:

A defender cannot initiate a roll or lunge and forcibly hit the passer in the knee area or below, even if he is being contacted by another player.

It is not a foul if the defender swipes, wraps, or grabs a passer in the knee area or below in an attempt to tackle him.

2010: During a field-goal attempt, punt, or try-kick, a defensive team player, who is within one yard of line of scrimmage at snap, must have his entire body outside the snapper’s shoulder pads. 

2010: A player who has just completed a catch is protected from blows to the head or neck by an opponent who launches. 

2010: All “defenseless players” are protected from blows to the head delivered by an opponent’s helmet, forearm, or shoulder. 

2010: Kickers and punters during the kick and return, and quarterbacks after a change of possession, are protected from blows to the head delivered by an opponent’s helmet, forearm, or shoulder, instead of just helmet-to-helmet contact. 

2010: The ball is declared dead at the spot if a runner’s helmet comes completely off.

2011: The restraining line for the kicking team is moved from the 30- to the 35-yard line in an effort to increase touchbacks. 

2011: All kicking team players other than the kicker must be lined up no more than five yards behind their restraining line, eliminating the 15–20 yard running “head start” that had become customary for many players. • The list of “defenseless players” is expanded to include a kicker/ punter during the kick or during the return, a quarterback at any time after a change of possession, and a player who receives a “blindside” block when the blocker is moving toward his own endline and approaches the opponent from behind or from the side. Previously, these players were protected against blows to the head, but not against blows delivered by an opponent with the top/crown or forehead/”hairline” parts of the helmet against other parts of the body.

What about Darryl Stingley who, had he come at a later era, extremely arbitrarily wouldn't have not just not been paralyzed — but also wouldn't have died in his 50s — his death certificate listed his paralysis as an underlying cause of death.

How is that fair? 

That certain players in certain eras were automatically more protected by the so-called vaunted "rules of the game" but had they arbitrarily sometimes even been born a few years later, they wouldn't be paralyzed or fucking dead?!

Why is everyone — the NFL viewing audience — okay with this?

Even asking the families of said players, like Stingley, if they feel remorse that the rules today protect players so much more than when their loved ones play is met with a masculine shrug of near indifference and a, "That's just the era he played in." — yeah, we know — that's why we're asking if the arbitrariness of when which rules apply to which era and who gets protected from paralysis and fucking death bothers you or not.

No? No? Okay.

How about Earl Morall? 

The most famous backup quarterback of all time who famously filled in for an injured Bob Griese during the Dolphins 1972 perfect season whose immense suffering before he died included difficulty swallowing, communicating, talking and being wheelchair-bound.

I bet Morall is glad he played during the era he played in with absolutely zero protection for quarterbacks.

What if the following rule had been instituted just a decade earlier? 

Would Morall have not died an agonizing death with the literal most severe CTE possible (Stage IV)?

1978: Officials will declare the ball dead as soon as the quarterback is clearly in the grasp and control of any tackler. 

“Clearly in the grasp”, for fucks sake?????????

Is that fair to Morall? 

How about Morall’s son who I quoted about describing his father’s unimaginable suffering towards the end?

How about Rick Arrington, a Philadelphia Eagles quarterback for three seasons who died with Stage IV CTE in 2021?

Arrington's daughter, Jill Arrington, used to be an on-air college football & NFL TV analyst but said the love of the game was taken away from her when her father died with Stage IV — the most severe — CTE.

Jill further stated that her father begged her with tears in his eyes to end his suffering.

Jill also said she just couldn't look at any of today's current players under their helmets and not see her dying father pleading with her with tears in his eyes to end his by that point unbearable suffering.

What about Rick Arrington’s daughter?

Does the audience just not give a damn about the suffering of the players’ family members?

Is it just, out of sight, out of mind?

Is it that simple to brush these men — and their grieving, suffering families — aside to get ready for some football?

I mean, literally what in fuck is this:

1978: A player may be penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct for noncontact acts such as throwing a punch or a forearm, or kicking at an opponent. 

So, the bullshit is that it was literally fucking UFC on a football field for no fucking reason? How the fuck was it ever considered "sportsmanlike" to throw a fucking punch, a forearm or a kick at a fucking opponent?

It’s all fucking bullshit!

Read the following rule change:

1982: It is illegal for any player to use the crown or top of his helmet against a passer, a receiver in the act of catching a pass, or a runner who is in the grasp of a tackler.

Literally, just try to imagine for one moment all of the absolutely unimaginable suffering – some of which I have already mentioned so far in this article – that would have been avoided had this rule been enacted from the beginning of the league.

Try to picture for a moment you – YOU, the person reading this – leading with the crown of your helmet – you know, that shiny plastic hard thing on top of your head that plainly states in capital letters in case you somehow missed it when you shoved it on top of your head is completely incapable of actually protecting that mushy thing inside of your dome aka your BRAIN and only protects against skull fractures NOT concussions, NOT brain damage from repetitive head impacts – as a defender against an opponent and smashing your fucking head as hard as you can into their helmet, facemask or those big ass numbers smack dab in the middle of their jersey.

Just try to literally picture the amount of damage you would inflict, not just upon opposing players, but also and very importantly yourself because you play a sport that – at the time you’re currently playing it – remember the Snickers bar? – you are not just expected to, you are required to lead with your head like you are a Pachycephalosaurus. 

Only one small little detail – your brain, instead of having a hard ass exterior, is actually egg yolk like and floats in the equivalent of jello – and with any impact or sudden change of direction ruptures against the sharp bony interior of your skull.

Details, details.

How fucking nauseating is this?!?!?!?!

1983: A player who uses a helmet he is not wearing as a weapon shall be ejected.

Apparently, committing fucking physical assaults on other players – what Myles Garrett did a few seasons ago to Mason Rudolph – literally, committing a first degree felony – assault with a deadly weapon which is exactly what swinging a football helmet at full speed at someone’s fucking head is – was fucking legal prior to 1983!

How fucking sickening is that?!?!?!?!

Why does anyone need a fucking rulebook to tell them that committing a first degree felony with a deadly weapon is fucking wrong????????

Ahhh, another one of those bullshit intent rules:

•1990: A player who butts, spears, or rams an opponent may be disqualified if the action is flagrant or vicious.

And how exactly does one “butt, spear or ram an opponent” in a way that isn’t “flagrant” or “vicious”???????????????????? Isn’t the very ACT of butting, spearing or ramming an opponent like you’re a goddamned animal vicious by its very nature?

More legalistic bullshit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why do you need rules to tell you to do the right thing?

To not purposely hurt and attack players?

Okay. so we’ve already covered UFC and first degree felony assaults (literally…) – ready for WWE?

1996: When tackling a passer during or just after throwing a pass, a defensive player is prohibited from unnecessarily and violently throwing him down and landing on top of him with all or most of the defender’s weight.

So, as long as it wasn’t “unnecessary” and “violent”, it apparently was perfectly okay and legal to bodyslam an opponent like you were literally at Wrestlemania on a goddamned football field prior to 1996.

Now, let’s talk about human beings being turned into bowling balls that smash into a literal wall of human beings:

2009: Teams are not permitted to intentionally form a wedge of more than two players on a kickoff return in an attempt to block for the runner. Penalty: 15 yards.

Wedges are literally the foundation of football as they used to be allowed on all offensive plays prior to the forward pass being legalized.

That is literally how fucking toxic the violence in this sport is.

The violence isn’t just accepted and expected – it is the literal fucking foundation of the entire sport, it’s inherent to the very nature of the sport itself and woven throughout the very fabric of football.

The violence is systemic and endemic and is the entire point.

You take away everything else – the pageantry, spectacle, the pomp and circumstance – and all you’re literally left with is the stark, naked, brutalistic, dehumanizing violence.

Here’s another one of those rules that seems like it would be common sense if the ethos of football wasn’t destruction, violence, brutality and sadism:

2010: A player who has just completed a catch is protected from blows to the head or neck by an opponent who launches. 

Like, if I’ve just caught the ball, I probably can't defend myself at all much less from some dude launching his entire body at me aiming for my literal motherfucking head and neck.

And if I played prior to 2010, well then that's just my ass, and I got popped.

No protective rules for you!

This rule just represents absolute idiocy that it took until 2010 to be instituted:

2010: The ball is declared dead at the spot if a runner’s helmet comes completely off.

So, my helmet pops off, I have no literal way to protect my head from impacts and blows and yet the ref is not going to whistle the play dead?

Prior to 2010 – who cares, it’s just your head? Play ball!

As of 2010 – the ball is whistled dead!

Arbitrary, random, cruel, cold, callous. No rhyme or reason. Capricious & fickle. So, prior to 2011, no one in the NFL who did the officiating and made the rules in the handbook had two fucking brain cells to rub together and actually believed it was a good idea for human beings to run full tilt and full steam with a 15 to 20 yard head start smashing full speed into stationary human beings?

Fucking really?????

2011: All kicking team players other than the kicker must be lined up no more than five yards behind their restraining line, eliminating the 15–20 yard running “head start” that had become customary for many players. How many concussions, how much permanent brain damage, how much amnesia, how many memory issues, how many post concussive syndromes, how many crippling headaches, how many instances of tinnitus, how many migraines, how much constant nausea, how much sensitivity to light and noise, how much insomnia, how many sleepless nights, how many sleeping pills, how much depression, how much suicidality, how much volatility, how much aggression, how many mood swings, how much irritability, how much mental incapacitation, how much emotional instability, how many behavioral and personality challenges, how many lost memories, how many ruined marriages, how many divorces, how many evictions, how many foreclosures, how many bankruptcies, how many failed businesses, how much homelessness, how many addictions, how much alcoholism, how many drugs, how many opioids may have been avoided had this very simple, very common sense, very obvious rule been enacted prior to 2011?

Really think about it – 66% of all injuries happen on kickoff. 

It's not like the NFL didn’t have this data prior to 2011 – they just didn't give a damn.

Then the lawsuits happened. Mike Webster’s scrambled brain being examined for tau protein & CTE happened. Dr. Bennet Omalu happened. Dr. Ann McKee happened. Dr. Robert Cantu happened. The Congressional hearings on concussions in the NFL happened.

So, as always, like when Stingley was paralyzed and the very next year the NFL instituted a rule change in the 1970s – that’s all that happened in 2011 and every other time there was a self-serving and disingenuous rule change just so the NFL could cover their ass either from a public perception angle, recovering from a scandal angle, acting like they give a damn angle, recovering from bad press angle, giving themselves some free good press angle and the fake ass facade that the NFL is actually always making the game safer.

How when concussions often increase year over year like they did as recently as the 2017 to 2018 season which saw over 250 concussions in one season?

2,000 men suited up to play in the NFL last season – 2,000!

Does that sound like a league that is getting “ever safer”?

Miss me with the bullshit.

What about Tua’s fencing response two seasons ago?

What about the fact that Tua suffered a concussion four days before the above concussion against the Bengals vs the Bills and he played through it?

What about the fact that three weeks after the concussion against the Bengals which resulted in a fencing response and Tua being stretchered off the field, Tua was cleared to play in three weeks suffering yet another concussion which he once again played through – his QBR going from above 100 to below 60 – with Tua himself admitting after the game in his post-game presser that he couldn’t remember any of the plays he had just called – once again, Tua unbelievably played through this concussion – just like he played through the concussion he suffered against the Bills – and he wasn’t even diagnosed until the next day at Miami’s training facility.

At that point, Miami shut Tua down for the season but that was after he suffered three concussions in one season – two of those concussions were suffered within a four day span – Tua played through the first and the third concussion and Tua displayed a fencing response after the second concussion.

Does that sound like the game is “ever safer” to you?

What about TJ Watt receiving a hideous blow to his jaw, clearly concussed and caught on camera sniffing smelling salts and putting on a dark visor during a night game last season!

What about Brock Purdy getting his head knocked off in a quarterback sneak and never even being checked for a concussion last season?

What about Trevor Lawrence taking a huge hit against the Ravens, getting concussed, his QBR dropping off a cliff and him not being removed from the game last season as he wasn't diagnosed until after the game?

What about CJ Stroud being hit so hard that his eyes rolled to the back of his head and several teammates had to help him to his feet yet he was not removed from the game last season?

Does that really sound like a game that is always getting “safer” to you?

The “every season the NFL is safer than all the seasons before it” bs is exactly that – bullshit.

It’s as dangerous, damaging, nasty, violent, sadistic, brutalistic, dehumanizing, disabling, toxic, militaristic, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, maiming, incapacitating and debilitating as it ever was.

No rule will ever change that about tackle football – they would have to remove the tackling to change the hideously violent and punishing nature of the sport.

Why did I stop at 2011? 

Why didn’t I include the 2018 rule change that outlawed helmet to helmet hitting?

Why didn’t I include the “Aaron Rodgers rule” that a defender can no longer land with his full weight on top of a quarterback?

Why didn’t I include the change to kick off made this season?

And all the other rule changes that have occurred within the past decade or so?

Because as I just alluded to above, the game is not always getting safer.

If concussions go up, the NFL claims it is because players are taking them more seriously, self-reporting their symptoms more therefore there are more concussions.

So, the NFL counts it as a win.

Unsurprisingly given how disgustingly disingenuous the league is at every turn, if concussions go down, the NFL says it is because the game is safer, they have taken the head out of the game, tackling techniques are now safer resulting in less concussions.

So, the NFL counts it as a win.

Do you really not see how disingenuous this is or do you just not give a shit?

If concussions go up, it is a win for the NFL & the game has been made safer.

If concussions go down, it is a win for the NFL & the game has been made safer.

The NFL is this disingenuous with all aspects of player safety.

The concussion data that the NFL releases to the public is in the aggregate making it impossible to drill down into the data for specifics – because they don’t want people to.

The NFL only releases certain information on certain types of injuries – why in the age of AWS data on every single conceivable piece of information in the game in terms of player speed, accuracy & sabermetrics that border on parody in terms of how overly specific they are does the NFL not treat player injury data in the same way?

Because they don’t want to be that specific that’s why.

Do you really think it’s okay that when a player was born determined whether or not they were protected from an increased chance of being paralyzed, having their neck broken, cervical spine fractures, neck & spine surgery, debilitating injuries with lifelong consequences?

Depending on the year a player was born and the era of the sport they were born into, they may have been coached to “lead with their head”, “get their face in there”, plant their face in the numbers of the opposing player, earhole the opponent, hit with their facemask, hit with the crown of their helmet, hit with the front of their helmet.

Then, the inevitable arbitrary rule changes and there is no apology given to all of the men who suffered before the rule change, who were broken before, who were paralyzed before, who died before, who were literally killed by the sport of football before.

Maybe there’s a lawsuit and maybe there’s not.

Maybe there’s a settlement and maybe there’s not.

Maybe the family sues and maybe they don’t.

Maybe the judge rules in the family’s favor and maybe they don’t.

But the sport always moves on and so do the fans no matter how brutalistic, inhumane, dehumanizing & insane the previous rule was.

When was it ever a good idea for a human being to use their head and face as a battering ram?

When was human anatomy ever such that the brain wasn’t as sensitive as egg yolk sloshing around inside of a sharp & bony skull that can tear & shear axions & neurons so those pesky tau proteins start to form?

Why does everyone just move on?

A collective shrug and a, “Well, that was the bad old days.”

It happens every time.

It will happen if kickoffs are eliminated in a few years and replaced with automatic ball placement at the receiving team’s 30 yard line.

Then people will say, “Wow, remember the bad old days when grown men would run full steam at each other for 30 yards?”.

Then everyone will just move on like they always do.

Except for the people who were killed, paralyzed and incapacitated from thousands of kickoffs at every level of the sport from youth to high school to college to amateur to pros.

Where’s the apology to those men and their families, some who literally died for the sport of football?

They died for a game.

What sense does that make?

They died for kickoff – seriously?

They died because they weren’t lucky enough to be born at a time of a randomly cruel rule change.

Sucks to be them. And especially their families.

How about their mothers?

Oh the fuck well.

Right?

They've been "making the game safer" since the late 1880s!

“We’ve had ‘head-up-and-to-the-side’ instruction dating back to the late 19th century,” says Matt Chaney, an author and football historian who sounds like a slightly pissed-off Tom Bodett. “In the 1890s you had [Yale and Stanford coach] Walter Camp preaching the importance of hitting low and keeping your head up so you could see where you were going and avoid churning knees and thighs.”

Chaney has found 116-year-old clippings, too, of F.C. Armstrong, then the football coach at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute, stressing the importance of tackling “with [your] head thrown to one side.” In his next breath, though, Armstrong concedes that, in the fog of live action, one “may have to overlook the rule about keeping the head to one side.” 

While heads-up tackling sounded swell in theory, noted one clear-eyed Altoona Tribune scribe in 1925, it would only work “if runners could be forced to do their sprinting with head up and chest out.” But in the real world, backs like Red Grange “run very low. If the Wheaton ice man is to be tossed at all, the tackler has little time or opportunity to pick a suitable spot of the Phantom around which to twine his arms.”

This has been the pattern, down through the decades: public outrage over deaths and serious injuries has been followed by reforms that include, invariably, vows to remove spearing and butting in favor of heads-up or headless tackling.

“This theory has been recycled and regurgitated for 125 years,” says Chaney, his voice rising with irritation. “The problem then, and the problem now, is that there’s no way you’re going to remove head contact from a forward-colliding sport. We don’t need a bunch of frigging scientists and researchers to tell us that.”

Quoting James Michener, Chaney says, “Every society decides what it is willing to pay for its entertainment.”

What does Medrick Burnett Jr.'s mother & sister get to decide they are willing for their dead son & brother to pay for the audience's never satiated need for entertainment?

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India is facing a severe public health challenge, with more than 50% of children under the age of five suffering from acute malnutrition in some form. The latest data from the **National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5)** highlights the grim reality of child malnutrition, which manifests in conditions such as stunting, wasting, underweight, and micronutrient deficiencies. These indicators not only threaten the health of millions but also jeopardize the country’s developmental future. The Extent of the Problem 1. Prevalence of Malnutrition: - Wasting (severe thinness due to weight loss) affects 19.3% of children. - Stunting (low height for age, indicating chronic malnutrition) impacts 35.5% of children. - Underweight (low weight for age) affects 32.1% of children under five. - Anaemia affects 67.1% of children, an alarming rise compared to previous years. 2. Regional Disparities: States like Maharashtra and Gujarat report the highest number of severely wasted children, while Uttar Pradesh and Assam have seen increasing malnutrition rates over recent years. In contrast, states like Haryana and Puducherry have shown improvement in nutrition indicators.  Causes Behind Acute Malnutrition Several factors contribute to this widespread crisis: 1. Poverty and Food Insecurity: Many families cannot afford or access a balanced diet, leading to chronic nutritional deficiencies. 2.Lack of Awareness: Low levels of education, especially among mothers, result in inadequate feeding practices and poor nutrition during critical developmental years. 3. Poor Sanitation and Hygiene: Unsafe water and lack of sanitation expose children to infections, reducing nutrient absorption. 4.Inadequate Healthcare Services: Limited access to quality healthcare for maternal and child health further exacerbates malnutrition rates. 5. Gender Inequality: Socio-cultural practices often deprive girl children of equitable food and healthcare, worsening malnutrition in female children. Long-Term Impact Malnutrition among children under five has far-reaching consequences: -Physical and Cognitive Development: Stunting and wasting hinder physical growth and brain development, affecting educational outcomes and earning potential. - Health Risks: Malnourished children face higher risks of infections and mortality. - Economic Burden: Malnutrition imposes a significant financial strain on families and the nation, reducing productivity and increasing healthcare costs. --- Steps Toward a Solution While India has implemented programs like Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and Poshan Abhiyaan, their reach and effectiveness remain limited. Addressing malnutrition requires: - Strengthening maternal and child nutrition programs. - Promoting dietary diversity and micronutrient supplementation. - Enhancing sanitation and hygiene infrastructure. - Expanding access to quality healthcare services in rural areas. - Launching community-driven awareness campaigns on nutrition. --- Acute malnutrition among children under five years poses a grave challenge to India’s health and socio-economic development. Immediate, multi-sectoral interventions are needed to combat this crisis. By addressing root causes and improving service delivery, India can work towards a healthier and brighter future for its children. For further reading, refer to resources from NFHS-5, UNICEF, and government initiatives tackling malnutrition.

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India is facing a severe public health challenge, with more than 50% of children under the age of five suffering from acute malnutrition in some form. The latest data from the **National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5)** highlights the grim reality of child malnutrition, which manifests in conditions such as stunting, wasting, underweight, and micronutrient deficiencies. These indicators not only threaten the health of millions but also jeopardize the country’s developmental future. The Extent of the Problem 1. Prevalence of Malnutrition: - Wasting (severe thinness due to weight loss) affects 19.3% of children. - Stunting (low height for age, indicating chronic malnutrition) impacts 35.5% of children. - Underweight (low weight for age) affects 32.1% of children under five. - Anaemia affects 67.1% of children, an alarming rise compared to previous years. 2. Regional Disparities: States like Maharashtra and Gujarat report the highest number of severely wasted children, while Uttar Pradesh and Assam have seen increasing malnutrition rates over recent years. In contrast, states like Haryana and Puducherry have shown improvement in nutrition indicators.  Causes Behind Acute Malnutrition Several factors contribute to this widespread crisis: 1. Poverty and Food Insecurity: Many families cannot afford or access a balanced diet, leading to chronic nutritional deficiencies. 2.Lack of Awareness: Low levels of education, especially among mothers, result in inadequate feeding practices and poor nutrition during critical developmental years. 3. Poor Sanitation and Hygiene: Unsafe water and lack of sanitation expose children to infections, reducing nutrient absorption. 4.Inadequate Healthcare Services: Limited access to quality healthcare for maternal and child health further exacerbates malnutrition rates. 5. Gender Inequality: Socio-cultural practices often deprive girl children of equitable food and healthcare, worsening malnutrition in female children. Long-Term Impact Malnutrition among children under five has far-reaching consequences: -Physical and Cognitive Development: Stunting and wasting hinder physical growth and brain development, affecting educational outcomes and earning potential. - Health Risks: Malnourished children face higher risks of infections and mortality. - Economic Burden: Malnutrition imposes a significant financial strain on families and the nation, reducing productivity and increasing healthcare costs. --- Steps Toward a Solution While India has implemented programs like Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and Poshan Abhiyaan, their reach and effectiveness remain limited. Addressing malnutrition requires: - Strengthening maternal and child nutrition programs. - Promoting dietary diversity and micronutrient supplementation. - Enhancing sanitation and hygiene infrastructure. - Expanding access to quality healthcare services in rural areas. - Launching community-driven awareness campaigns on nutrition. --- Acute malnutrition among children under five years poses a grave challenge to India’s health and socio-economic development. Immediate, multi-sectoral interventions are needed to combat this crisis. By addressing root causes and improving service delivery, India can work towards a healthier and brighter future for its children. For further reading, refer to resources from NFHS-5, UNICEF, and government initiatives tackling malnutrition.

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NFHS-5 National family health survey

Short writeup on (NFHS-5) National Family Health Survey-5 data

How to know whether people understand seriousness of population explosion? India was the first country in the world to have launched a National Programme for Family Planning in 1952. How to know, what goes behind conceiving & giving birth to child? Mostly women are targeted, whenever there is any discussion on family planning. How to know, if women of birth giving age understand this issue?…

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The one statistic that sets Assam apart, which may explain the sudden adoption of “zero tolerance”, is that of religion. As per NFHS-5, while the proportion of underage marriages among Hindus in Assam at 23.5 per cent is close to the national average (23.2 per cent), the figures for Muslims (45.8 per cent) and Christians (23.8 per cent) are much higher than their respective national averages of 26.4 per cent and 15.2 per cent. All India figures show that early marriage is strongly concentrated amongst the poorest classes, and this is even more so in Assam, with 42 per cent underage marriages in the poorest 20 per cent poverty class. Poverty and minority religious community identity are closely linked — while 51 per cent Muslims are in the poorest poverty class, only 31 per cent Hindus occupy the same.

Mary John, ‘Assam’s crackdown on child marriages is driven more by politics than concern for women’, Indian Express

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Maximizing Your Health Insurance Benefits for Pregnancy and Childbirth

Navigating health insurance during pregnancy and childbirth can significantly impact your financial and emotional well-being. In India, the average cost of delivering a baby in a private hospital can range from ₹30,000 to ₹1,00,000, depending on various factors such as the location and type of facility. Despite this, many families find themselves unprepared for the financial burden due to insufficient insurance coverage. A report by the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) reveals that only 19% of women have access to maternity benefits through health insurance. This article provides actionable insights on how to maximize your health insurance benefits for a smooth pregnancy and childbirth experience.

Understanding Your Health Insurance Policy

To effectively maximize your benefits, you must first understand the specifics of your health insurance policy. Here are key elements to consider:

Maternity Coverage: Confirm whether your policy includes maternity benefits, which cover prenatal, delivery, and postnatal expenses. Check the details regarding waiting periods, which can range from 9 months to 4 years.

Pre-existing Conditions: Many policies have clauses regarding pre-existing conditions. If you have any health issues, it’s essential to understand how they might affect your coverage.

Cashless Facilities: Look for insurance providers that have tie-ups with hospitals offering cashless treatments. This feature can ease the financial burden during emergencies.

Key Statistics on Maternity Insurance

Maternity Claim Rejections: Approximately 30% of maternity-related claims are rejected due to insufficient understanding of policy terms.

Out-of-Pocket Expenses: About 65% of families bear the financial burden of childbirth themselves, emphasizing the importance of having the right insurance.

Insurance Penetration: Health insurance penetration in India is about 4%, significantly lower than global averages, which can impact access to maternity benefits.

Steps to Maximize Your Benefits

Choose the Right Plan: Research various health insurance providers like HDFC ERGO, ICICI Lombard, and Star Health. Compare policies to find the one that offers the most comprehensive maternity coverage.

Know Your Network: Ensure that your insurer has a network of hospitals that you prefer. This will facilitate cashless transactions and reduce stress during delivery.

Utilize Preventive Care: Take advantage of prenatal check-ups, screenings, and vaccinations that are often included in maternity coverage. These are essential for both your health and the baby’s development.

Document Everything: Keep a record of all medical consultations, treatments, and expenses. This documentation can be crucial when filing claims.

Consult Your Insurer: Don’t hesitate to reach out to your insurance provider for clarity on any doubts regarding your coverage. They can guide you through the claims process and help maximize your benefits.

Additional Tips for Expecting Parents

Understand Claim Procedures: Familiarize yourself with the claim process well before your due date to avoid last-minute hassles.

Seek Professional Advice: Consulting a financial advisor or insurance agent can help you better understand your options and rights.

Plan for Contingencies: Have a financial plan in place for unexpected complications that might arise during pregnancy or childbirth.

Conclusion

Maximizing your health insurance benefits for pregnancy and childbirth is not just about having coverage; it’s about being informed and proactive. With rising healthcare costs and the complexities of various insurance policies, taking the time to understand your options can lead to significant savings and peace of mind. By choosing the right plan, utilizing preventive care, and maintaining thorough documentation, you can ensure a smoother journey through pregnancy and childbirth. Investing in comprehensive health insurance today can secure a healthier, happier future for you and your baby.

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How to Use Government Reports and Data for IAS Preparation

Preparation for the Indian Administrative Service needs a strategic approach toward knowing a vast amount of information. Among the most valuable resources at an aspirant's disposal are government reports and data. These documents not only carry a wealth of information but also indicate current trends, policies, and issues related to the IAS exam. In this comprehensive guide, we will see how you can put the government reports and data to constructive use in order to give a boost to your IAS preparation, and we will also highlight the role of TNPSC coaching centre in Coimbatore in making it all easier.

 Understanding the Importance of Government Reports

Government reports are official documents prepared by different governmental departments and public bodies. These reports range from economic performance, social development, environmental concerns, and public health. During IAS preparation, this is considered a treasure trove of information that is detailed, credible, and updated about specific issues that come directly within the ambit of the exams.

1. Source of Authentic Information: Government reports are considered authentic sources of data. They are compiled in great detail and offer an accurate snapshot of various aspects of governance and administration. This authenticity is of essence for the IAS exam, where correctness of facts and depth of knowledge are highly prized.

2. Policy and Implementation-Related Insight: Most of the reports relate to the policy measures taken, their implementation, and the related outcomes. Relating this aspect helps the aspirant to connect the theoretical knowledge with its practical use, which becomes handy in attempting questions about governance and public administration.

3. Current Affairs and Trends: Government reports epitomize current trends and issues. Careful analysis of the same helps aspirants keep abreast of relevant current affairs, which constitute a big part of the IAS examination.

 Kinds of Government Reports Useful for IAS Preparation

There are several kinds of government reports that are particularly useful for IAS preparation. A breakdown of some of the key reports to focus on goes thus:

1. Economic Surveys: The Economic Survey, presented annually by the Ministry of Finance, gives a summary of how the economy of the country performed. It highlights information on GDP growth, inflation, employment, and other segments of economic performance. This report is important for gaining insight into the features of the Indian economy and guiding efforts toward the formulation of responses to questions on economic policies and development.

2. Union Budget: The Union Budget presents the government's expenditure and revenue. It reflects priorities of the government, fiscal policies, and the way resources are allocated. This document helps aspirants understand budgetary allocations and their impact on different sectors.

3. Annual Reports by Ministries: Various ministries issue annual reports regarding their achievements, challenges, and future plans. As an example, the annual report of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare covers public health issues, government schemes, and progress in healthcare.

4. National Reports: Reports like the National Human Development Report (NHDR) and the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) serve as a rich source of data related to human development indicators, health statistics, and social issues.

5. Reports on Economic and Social Research: Reports from institutions such as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Planning Commission provide in-depth analysis and research on economic and social issues, equipping aspirants with comprehensive data and analysis.

 How to Use Government Reports in IAS Preparation

Using government reports effectively involves much more than just reading through them. Here's a structured approach to using these reports for your preparation for IAS:

1. Identify Relevant Reports: First, identify the reports that fall under the IAS syllabus. Give priority to documents related to basic aspects concerning economic development, social justice, environment, and governance. The TNPSC coaching centre in Coimbatore will guide you with regard to which reports you must concentrate on, considering recent trends and updates in the examination and syllabus.

2. Extract Key Information: While reading any government report, focus your attention on statistics, policy changes, implementation challenges, and outcomes. At this point, make summaries or point forms that capture the key information. This helps retain vital information and makes revision easier.

3. Relate Reports to the Syllabus: Relate information from the government reports to that in the IAS syllabus. For example, if a report talks about environmental issues, relate the same to the environmental management and climate change topics in the syllabus. This practice ensures focused and relevant preparation.

4. Data Usage in Answer Writing: Incorporate data and other insights from government reports into your answer writing. Suppose you are writing an answer on economic policies, just mention data from the Economic Survey or Union Budget to substantiate your arguments. This adds credibility and substance to your responses.

5. Discussion of Reports within Study Groups: Discuss the reports about the government in a peer group or study groups. Joint analysis and interpretation of the various viewpoints may provide one with greater insight into understanding them. The TNPSC coaching centre in Coimbatore regularly conducts group discussions and study sessions and participation in them may prove helpful.

6. Keep Abreast of Current Reports: Government reports are revised regularly. Make sure you are using the latest editions so that you stay informed about the latest developments and trends. This is very important, especially for the current affairs questions in the IAS exam.

 Practical Tips for Effective Utilization

1. Report Repository: Maintain a repository of applicable government reports. Label them according to subject matter or relevance and arrange them for easy access. This repository shall form handy reference material while you get ready to face different components of the IAS exam.

2. Study Schedule: Set out dedicated time from the study schedule to go through the government reports. Regular, systematic study will help you assimilate this information into your preparation effectively.

3. Highlight Key Sections: Use highlighting or annotation techniques to mark key areas of the reports. The important information will then be easier to find and study while reviewing.

4. Use Visual Aids: Include in your notes charts, graphs, and tables from government reports. Visual aids are helpful in comprehending and remembering complicated data.

5. Consult Experts: Take the advice of your mentors or other experts in the coaching centers that offer TNPSC coaching in Coimbatore. They will provide you with an idea of how to use the government reports along with smooth integration into the study plan.

 Conclusion

Government reports and data are some of the important sources useful in preparation for IAS. They carry authentic information, aspects pertaining to policies, and updates on trends-all helpful in the main examination. Proper usage of these reports helps the aspirants develop insight into different topics, create better answers, and update their relevant current affairs.

The TNPSC coaching centre in Coimbatore now plays an important role in guiding the aspirants through the integration of government reports into their preparation schedule. Through their guidance, aspirants will know how to better utilize these valuable resources and thereby increase their possibilities of success in the IAS. Begin with these strategies and remain committed to your preparation schedule; soon, you'll be well on your journey to success in the IAS.

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Tackling mall nutrition in India

Introduction

Malnutrition remains one of the most critical issues facing India today. Despite the nation's progress in various sectors, hunger and poor nutrition continue to plague millions. According to recent reports, India has the highest number of children suffering from malnutrition in the world. This article explores the severity of malnutrition in India, the efforts of Hamari Pahchan NGO to address this crisis, and how individuals can contribute to this cause.

The Malnutrition Crisis in India

Malnutrition is a pressing concern in India, affecting millions across the country. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), nearly 35% of children under five are stunted, meaning their growth is significantly impaired due to chronic malnutrition. Additionally, about 32% of children are underweight, and 17% suffer from wasting, a condition marked by severe weight loss.

These statistics paint a grim picture of the nutritional landscape in India. The causes are multifaceted, including poverty, lack of access to nutritious food, poor maternal health, and inadequate sanitation. Rural areas and marginalized communities are particularly vulnerable, where access to food and health services is often limited.

Hamari Pahchan NGO: A Beacon of Hope

Amidst this challenging scenario, Hamari Pahchan NGO stands as a pillar of support. The organization is dedicated to eradicating malnutrition and improving the health of underprivileged communities. Here’s how Hamari Pahchan is making a difference:

Nutritional Support: Hamari Pahchan provides nutritious food packages to families in need. These packages are designed to address essential dietary needs and combat deficiencies. The NGO ensures that the food supplied is rich in vital nutrients to support the growth and development of children.

Health Education: The organization conducts workshops and awareness programs on healthy eating habits and proper nutrition. These sessions educate families on the importance of a balanced diet and how to make the most out of available resources.

Community Outreach: Hamari Pahchan actively engages with local communities to identify those most in need and to provide tailored support. They work closely with community leaders to understand specific needs and deliver effective solutions.

Monitoring and Evaluation: To ensure the effectiveness of their programs, Hamari Pahchan regularly monitors and evaluates their impact. This approach helps in refining their strategies and ensuring that the aid reaches those who need it the most.

How Individuals Can Make a Difference

While organizations like Hamari Pahchan play a crucial role, individual actions are equally important in the fight against malnutrition. Here’s what you can do:

Support Fundraisers: Contributing to fundraisers aimed at tackling malnutrition can make a significant impact. Donations help organizations like Hamari Pahchan provide more resources and expand their reach.

Raise Awareness: Spread the word about the issue of malnutrition. Share information through social media, participate in community events, and educate others about the importance of addressing hunger and poor nutrition.

Volunteer: Get involved with local NGOs and community groups working on nutrition and health issues. Volunteering your time and skills can provide valuable support to these organizations.

Advocate for Policy Changes: Support and advocate for policies that promote better food security and nutritional programs. Engaging with policymakers and participating in public forums can help drive systemic changes.

Undernourishment As of 2020–2022, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported that 16.6% of India's population was undernourished. This rate is higher than in Nepal and Sri Lanka but lower than in Bangladesh. By 2023, Worldometer estimated that 14.37% of India’s population was undernourished.

Stunted Growth According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 5 for 2019–2021, 35.5% of children under five years old experienced stunted growth, indicating they are shorter than the average for their age due to inadequate nutrition.

Wasting The same NFHS 5 report found that 19.3% of children under five years old were wasted, meaning they are significantly underweight for their height.

Underweight The NFHS 5 also highlighted that 32.1% of children under five years old were underweight, reflecting insufficient weight gain for their age.

Anaemia The NFHS 5 data shows that 25% of men aged 15–49 years, 57% of women aged 15–49 years, and 31.1% of adolescent boys aged 15–19 years suffer from anaemia, a condition often linked to poor nutrition.

Contributing Factors Economic inequality and various social determinants also play significant roles in exacerbating malnutrition in India. In response, the government has implemented several initiatives, including the Midday Meal Scheme, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), and the National Children's Fund, to address and mitigate these issues.

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FISH Hybridization System

FISH Hybridization System NFHS-100 is programmable system and humidifying that automates the steps in a slide-based FISH procedure. It offers a capacity of 12 slides, and the temperature control ranges from RT+5°C to 100°C. It supports automatic cooling and warm-up functions. Equipped with integrated denaturation and hybridization, hybrid, multiple-step operation—three modes of operation.