Question

Seeing the growing cases of diabetes and depression among children, Mr. Chopra, the principal of one reputed school organized a seminar in which he invited parents and principals. They all resolved this issue by strictly banning the junk food in schools and by introducing healthy snacks and drinks like soup, lassi, milk etc. in school canteens. They also decided to make compulsory half an hour physical activities for the students in the morning assembly daily. After six months, Mr. Chopra conducted the health survey in most of the schools and discovered a tremendous improvement in the health of students.

After reading the above passage, answer the following questions :

(i) What are the values (at least two) displayed by Mr. Chopra ?

(ii) As a student, how can you spread awareness about this issue ?

(iii) Why should antidepressant drugs not be taken without consulting a doctor ?

(iv) Give two examples of artificial sweeteners.

Answer 1

(i) The values displayed by Mr. Chopra are:

• Care - He showed concern for the health of the students.
• Selfless service - He conducted seminars and health surveys in most of the schools.

(ii) Awareness regarding diabetes and depression among students can be spread by seminars, health camps, debates, pamphlets, workshops by doctors, etc. to highlight the need to follow healthy eating habits and importance of physical activity in day to day life of students.

(iii) Antidepressant drugs, when taken in doses higher than recommended, may cause harmful effects and sometimes, may even lead to death. Hence, they should not be taken without consulting a doctor.

(iv) Two examples of artificial sweeteners are saccharin and aspartame.