Healthy habits start from the School days in Ours children because Prevention is better than Cure.

Our mission
It is our mission to see healthy Children So the future of our country in the hands of healthy People. Where thinking is also healthy .
We have devised a simple method to provide health to School going children at a very nominal charges of Rs.500/annual Which includes all important medical check up by our esepents in every department .
All children Wll be provided medical report every year.all blood tests will be done in government recognized and Well equipped laboratories..Any One family members of the child can avail accidentiol insurance scheme Worth Rs.1,00,000. family members of tge child can avoil 20to40% Discount on pathological tests , CT Scan and MRI….

Addition & Features:
* Every students will be benefited by insurance scheme sum of Rs. 100000/-
* All check-ups done by professionals
* Report and record of medical health can be accessed from internet.
* All blood test done in Govt registered and well equipped laboratory
* every students their parents and relative also get 20-40% discount on pathological test C.T. Scan and MRI
* All chares Rs.500/- includes all check-ups) against market price rate list attached
* Every student get health product worth Rs.250/- without paying any amount for their good health.

Every student when registered with SSAYMA will get health products like protein powder, from capsules, calcium and vitamins tablets free of cost.

Every student will undergo
3) Medical Test as under
a) Height
b) Weight
c) BMI (Body Mass Index) Test
d) Eye’s Vision long and short vision tests-
e) Computerized eye check-up They will be also checked for presence of Blephrities stye, squint.
f) Dental checkup

1. Dental check up will be carried by a dentist, who will screen the students for the following symptoms, as per standard screening protocols viz
2. Primary and permanent dentition (caries,missing tooth, calculus, tarter, root pierce presence)
3. Gums and gingival (gingivitis and periodonities)
4. Occlusion (malocclusion/alignment).

g) Growth analysis
GROWTH ANALYSIS: Based on the above anthropometrical measurement, individual growth analysis of each Child will be made wherein the standard deviation of the height and weight of the Child will be calculated with the empirical data of ideal height and weight of the Child of a similar age and sex.
h) E.N.T.Check up
Ear: Excess Ear Wax, Otitis Externa, Ear-Drum vibration and other
i) Nose: Sinusitis
j) Throat: Tonsillitis, Laryngitis Phyrangitis
k) Behavioral Assessment.

Behavioral Assessment of a Child by a standardized check list which will be filled By individual class teacher for the child so that the children can be referred to the psychologist for individualized counseling
GENERAL EXAMIMATION: THE Child will be examined by a General Physician who will check the students for the presence of any, major ailments that can be detected easily in a school setting. The general physician will focus on the following areas:

Anemia, Jaundice, Cyanosos.Vitamin Deficiency, Skin problems, Asthma& Bronchitis
Any abnormal Heart Rate, Pulse or Blood Pressure
Stammering and Tongue Tie
Abnormal Bone Growth and Rickets and Knee
All the health data will be digitalize and the data base will be utilize to generate computerize health cards
Every students with their biodata photograph and their health record will have access on internet any time and from any where. Copy of the health record will also be kept in school medical room
Frequency of above check up once a year
Frequency of blood test once a year
Healthy Eating for Kids and Teens
Helping Your Kids Develop Healthy Eating Habits
Good nutrition is the bedrock of lifelong health, and it begins in infancy. Yet all too soon, your kids are bombarded by messages that counteract your efforts. Between peer pressure and the constant television commercials for junk foods, getting children to eat well might seem more futile than fruitful.
So, what exactly can parents do to instill healthy eating habits in their kids, without causing World War III at every meal? Simple things like getting kids involved in food preparation; inspiring them with your own healthy choices; and even just simply turning off the television, can make a huge impact on your child’s lifelong relationship with food
Developing healthy eating habits
Children develop a natural preference for what they eat most often and enjoy. The challenge is to make healthy choices appealing. No matter how good your intentions, trying to convince your eight-year-old that an apple is as sweet a treat as a cookie is not a recipe for success! However, you can ensure that your children’s diet is as nutritious and wholesome as possible, even when allowing for some of their favorite treats. You can please both your child’s palate and your sense of parental responsibility. Because the childhood impulse to imitate is strong, the best move you can make to start your child off on the right dietary foot is to be a role model, so that when your youngster asks to taste what you're eating, your plate is filled with healthy selections. If you're asking your child to eat vegetables and fish while you graze on potato chips and soda, your actions will override your good intentions.

Top tips to promote healthy childhood eating
* Have regular family meals. Knowing dinner is served at approximately the same time every night and that the entire family will be sitting down together is comforting, which also enhances appetite, and provides a perfect opportunity for your children to share what's on their minds. Breakfast is another great time for a family meal, especially since kids who eat breakfast tend to do better in school.
* Cook more meals at home. Eating home cooked meals is healthier for the whole family and sets a great example for kids about the importance of food. Restaurant meals tend to have more fat, sugar and salt. Save dining out for special occasions.
* Get kids involved. Children enjoy helping adults grocery shop, selecting what goes in their lunch box, and preparing dinner. It's also a chance for you to teach them about the nutritional values of different foods, and (for older children) how to read food labels.
* Make a variety of healthy foods available and keep your pantry free of empty calorie snacks. Keep plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grain snacks and healthful beverages (filtered water, milk, herbal tea, occasional fruit juice) around and easily accessible so kids become used to reaching for healthy snacks when they're hungry instead of empty calorie snacks like soda, chips, or cookies.
* Let them choose. Don't make mealtimes a battleground by insisting a child clean the plate, and never use food as a reward or bribe.

For information on making smart nutrition decisions for you and your family, see Healthy Eating.

How can I get my picky child to enjoy a wider variety of foods? Picky eaters are going through a normal developmental stage, exerting control over their environment along with concern about trusting the unfamiliar. This often goes along with the “separate compartmented plate” stage, where children don’t like one type of food to touch or mingle with another. Just as research has shown that it takes a number of repeated impressions before advertising convinces an adult consumer to buy, it takes the average child 8-10 presentations of a new food before he or she willingly accepts it.

If your child is otherwise healthy, eating only a few select foods for a little while will not have any adverse effect. So, rather than insist your child eat a food that is being rejected, try some of the following:

* Offer a new food only when your child is hungry and rested.
* Present only one new food at a time.
* Make it fun: a game, a play-filled experience. Cut the food into unusual shapes.
* Serve new foods with favorite foods to increase acceptance.
* Eat the new food yourself; children love to imitate.
* Have your child help to prepare foods. Often they will be more willing to try something when they helped to make it.
* Limit beverages. Picky eaters often fill up on liquids instead.
* Limit snacks to two per day.
Persuading children to eat more fruits and vegetables
You may have been told not to play with your food, but making mealtime playful can mean healthier eating for you and your kids! Here are some creative ways to build more fruits and vegetables into your child's daily diet:

Top a bowl of whole grain cereal with a smiley face: banana slices for eyes, raisins for nose, peach or apple slice for mouth.

* Create a food collage. You can use broccoli florets for trees, carrots and celery for flowers, cauliflower for clouds, and a yellow squash for a sun. When you're all finished, you can eat your masterpiece!
* Make frozen fruit kabobs for kids using pineapple chunks, bananas, grapes and berries.
* Go food shopping with your children. Take them to the grocery store or Farmers' Market to let them see all the different sizes and colors that fruits and vegetables offer. Let them pick out a new fruit and vegetable to try.
* Try fruit smoothies for a quick healthy breakfast, or afternoon snack.
* Add vegetables and fruits to baked goods – blueberry pancakes, zucchini bread, carrot muffins. It’s easy to add shredded veggies or fruit pieces to almost any baked good.
* All soups, stews, and sauces can have extra veggies added to them. To make them blend in, you can grate them up before adding them to something such as red-sauce.
* Keep lots of fresh fruits and veggies washed, available, and in a place where children know to look when they want a snack. Easy fruits and vegetables to grab and eat on the run include apples, pears, bananas, grapes, figs, carrot and celery sticks, zucchini slices. Add yogurt or a tub of nut butter or tahini for extra protein.

Healthy eating for toddlers and young children
Starting to instill healthy eating habits in the toddler years is a great idea, as young children are very impressionable. Toddlers are introduced to new tastes and textures as they transition from baby food to “real” food. Keep in mind that toddlers have very small stomachs – it may be better to feed them 5-6 small meals a day, rather than three large ones. Depending on your child’s age, size, and activity level, your toddler needs between 1,000-1,400 calories a day. It is perfectly normal for your child to be ravenous one day and shun food the next – appetites are often in flux at this stage. Don’t worry if your child’s diet isn’t up to par every day – as long as he or she seems to be satisfied, and is getting what you consider to be a well-rounded diet, you are probably doing just fine!

Nutritional needs of toddlers and young children
An important part of a toddler’s diet is calcium (they need about 500 mg/day), and the best source of this nutrient is milk. Until the age of two they should drink whole milk, but older toddlers can usually switch to 2% or skim milk if given the okay from your pediatrician. If your kids are lactose intolerant or just don’t like dairy, try to incorporate calcium-rich foods like fortified soy products, cereals, and orange juice.
Keep an eye on your child’s iron consumption, too – toddlers need 7 mg a day to prevent iron deficiency, which can affect growth, learning, and behavior. In infancy, breast-milk has a readily-absorbed type of iron, and baby formula and food is usually iron-fortified, so babies don’t need to worry about getting enough iron. After switching to “real” food, its important to ensure that your child is eating good sources of iron like fortified cereals, small amounts of red meat (like soft meatballs), or eggs.

The following is a basic nutrition guideline – consult your pediatrician to ensure you are meeting your child’s individual needs:
Dietary guidelines for school age children
Vegetables - 3-5 servings per day. A serving might be one cup of raw leafy vegetables, 3/4 cup of vegetable juice, or 1/2 cup of other vegetables, raw or cooked.
Fruits - 2-4 servings per day. A serving may consist of 1/2 cup of sliced fruit, 3/4 cup of fruit juice, or a medium-size whole fruit, such as an apple, banana or pear.
Whole Grains - 6-11 servings per day. Each serving should equal one slice of bread, 1/2 cup of rice or 1 ounce of cereal.
Protein - Two to three servings of 2-3 ounces of cooked lean meat, poultry or fish per day. A serving in this group may also consist of 1/2 cup of cooked dry beans, one egg, or 2 tablespoons of peanut butter for each ounce of lean meat.
Dairy products - Two to three servings per day of low-fat milk or yogurt (1 cup=one serving), or natural cheese (1 1/2 ounces=one serving).
Zinc - A new study indicates that 20mg of zinc five times a week may improve memory and school performance, especially in boys. Good sources of zinc are oysters, beef, pork, liver, dried beans and peas, whole grains, fortified cereals, nuts, milk, cocoa and poultry.

Eating disorders in teens: Adolescents and teens are at a high risk of developing anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder. To learn the warning signs, see Helping Someone with an Eating Disorder.
Eating habits, however, are pretty well set by now, and if your child's choices are less than ideal, it's a challenging time for a course correction; teens have other priorities. The best way to make teen dietary changes is by presenting information about short-term consequences that they can relate to: appearance, athletic ability, popularity and enjoyment of life, because these are more important to most teens than long-term health. For example, “Calcium will help you grow taller during your growth spurt.” “Iron will help you do better on tests and stay up later without being as tired.”
When you do speak of long-term consequences, link them to the things that teens care about—particularly body image. For instance, “You know how some old men and women are bent over when they walk, and others are strong and active? One of the biggest differences was how much calcium they got every day when they were your age..." It's a fine line between teaching and preaching, but will pay big health dividends down the line.

Special nutritional needs for teens
Calories - Due to all the growth and activity of this time, adolescent boys need 2500-2800 per day, while girls need around 2200 per day. It’s best to get these calories from lean protein, low-fat dairy, whole grains, and fruits and veggies.
Protein - In order for the body to grow and maintain muscle, teens need 45-60 grams per day. Most teenagers easily meet this need from eating meat, fish, and dairy, but vegetarians may need to increase their protein intake from non-animal sources like soy foods, beans and nuts.
Calcium - During puberty, your child’s body will naturally “grab” all the calcium it can, to ensure strong bones in the future. Unfortunately, many teens do not get sufficient amounts of calcium, leading to weak bones and osteoporosis later in life. Encourage teens to cut back on soda consumption and other overly sugary foods, which leech calcium from bones, and to get the 1200 mg of calcium needed per day from dairy, calcium-fortified juice and cereal, and other calcium rich foods such as sesame seeds and leafy greens like spinach.
Iron - Iron is needed to help new muscle mass gained in adolescence to obtain energy. Iron deficiency can lead to anemia, fatigue, and weakness. Boys need 12 mg each day, and teen girls, who often lose iron during menstruation, need 15 mg. Iron-rich foods include red meat, chicken, beans, nuts, enriched whole grains, and leafy green veggies like spinach or kale.

A “weighty” problem: children, weight and self esteem :
Sometimes, parents who are concerned about their child’s appearance, popularity, and future opportunities may over-react to what is actually a normal, healthy weight for that particular child. Many adults, particularly women who have constantly struggled with dieting and weight problems, say their problems began when their mothers put them on a diet at age 9-12. Before deciding that your child has a weight problem, consider:

1. Is your child within the “normal” range on charts for his/her age and height?
2. Is your child’s body type simply a refection of his/her genetic heritage for a stockier build?
3. Is your daughter approaching puberty, when normal developmental changes include the addition of body fat?
4. Did you have your own childhood or adolescent issues with weight that may be causing you to be overly concerned about your child’s weight?
5. Several studies have found a strong link between obesity and time spent watching TV and playing computer games. This isn't surprising:

* We burn fewer calories watching TV than we do sitting still.
* TV commercials urge viewers to eat. Most are for fast foods, soft drinks, sugar-coated cereals and candy.
* Too much TV is bound to prevent kids from developing the skills and love of sports that make physical activity so enjoyable.
* Playing computer games may be worse than simply watching TV. Not only can they become addictive, they can be played all day and all night.

After careful consideration and consultation with your pediatrician and/or a nutritionist, if you have done everything you can with healthy food and your child is tending toward a weight problem, the key is to add exercise – which means turning off the TV!
To encourage physical activity, play with your kids - throw around a football; go cycling, skating, or swimming; take family walks and hikes; and help your kids find activities they enjoy by showing them different possibilities. By encouraging healthy eating and physical activity for your entire family, you’ll be giving your children the best opportunity to grow into healthy, confident adults!

Kids and junk food
If you've been following the guidance and suggestions given so far your kids are probably well on their way to lifelong healthy eating habits. But outside forces can make it difficult for kids to avoid the siren song of junk food. Even at school, vending machines and unhealthy cafeteria choices can be pitfalls to healthy eating. Parent activism can make the difference in school nutrition: under pressure from parents, some schools now ban soft drinks and junk food altogether; others have installed vending machines that offer healthy alternatives.
At home, if your kids are clamoring for junk food, you can try substituting some healthier alternatives, such as:

Kid-friendly junk food alternatives

Instead of…	Try…
* French fries	* “Baked fries” – sliced potatoes, grilled in oven and salted lightly.
* Ice cream	* Low-fat frozen yogurt; sorbet; fresh fruit smoothies
* Fried chicken	* Baked or grilled chicken
* Doughnuts or pastries	* Bagels; English muffins; home baked goods with less sugar/fat
* Chocolate-chip cookies	* Graham crackers, fig bars, vanilla wafers, fruit and caramel dip
* Potato chips	* Pretzels, unbuttered popcorn, baked potato chips, soy crisps

Eating out with kids: fast food and restaurant nutrition for children
Nearly one-third of children eat fast food every day, and those children who do eat fast food tend to consume more calories on a daily basis. These increased calories lead to increased pounds and add to the child's risk of becoming overweight. Granted, it might still be challenging to persuade your youngster to order a salad instead of a cheeseburger, but you can steer them towards healthier options. Some important tips to remember about fast food/restaurant dining for kids:

* Soft drinks are highly caloric and not nutritious – kids should have water or milk instead.
* Avoid chicken nuggets – sorry imposters of real chicken.
* Skip the fries – Consider taking along a bag of mini carrots, grapes or other fruits and vegetables to have instead. This will add vitamins and fiber to the meal.
* Order the kid's meal with some substitutions – Children often love the kid's meal more for the fun box and toys than for the food. Ask to substitute healthier choices for the soda and the fries if possible.
* restaurants are making it easier to substitute, and all usually have water and milk available as beverage options. In sit-down restaurants, help them opt for chicken and vegetables or spaghetti with tomato sauce rather than a big plate of macaroni and cheese.
* Remember that you are modeling food habits – When you are eating out with the kids, follow healthy eating guides yourself! Kids are much more likely to do as you do, not as you say.

Healthy choices at fast food restaurants:
When you think of fast food, big chains such as McDonalds, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, or Kentucky Fried Chicken usually come to mind. But healthy eating guidelines apply to a wide variety of eateries, including “fast casual” chains with full service, mall food courts, and buffet or cafeteria style restaurants. Whether you eat in or take out; choose your own food at a buffet or wait in line to order; you can learn to make healthy food choices.

See Healthy Fast Food for guidelines on eating healthy while eating out.
Related links for healthy eating for kids and teens
General information on nutrition for children
The New Food Guide Pyramid – Article aimed at kids explains exactly how much of each food group children need to eat to stay healthy, according to the new food guide pyramid. (Kids Health)
Child & Adolescent Nutrition – Information on nutrition guidelines for children from infancy through adolescents. (International Food Information Council)
20 Tips for Picky Eaters – Practical tips to avoid mealtime battles. (Mayo Clinic)
The Stay-trim Family Diet – This article talks about common eating pitfalls and what you can do to help your family avoid them. (Delicious Living magazine)
Healthy Eating, Part II and Healthy Eating, Part III (commercial site) –How to differentiate healthy from unhealthy choices for children, and the five greatest motivators for preschool children to eat healthy foods. (DrGreene.com)
Eating Tips for Children: Young Toddlers – Parental concerns and unique challenges of feeding toddlers. (Better Health/Victoria, Australia)
Eating Tips for Children: Older Toddlers – Tips to get finicky eaters on the right track. (Better Health/Victoria, Australia)
Eating Tips for Children: Primary School – The importance of breakfast, dealing with peer pressure around food, exercise and snack ideas. (Better Health/Victoria, Australia)
Early Childhood and School Age – Very detailed information on nutritional needs of children (George Mateljan Foundation)
Nutrition for Kids: Guidelines for a Healthy Diet – Offers exact nutritional needs for different age groups and genders. (Mayo Clinic)
School Lunches – Suggestions for helping kids make better cafeteria choices; ideas for packed lunches that satisfy and taste and nutrition concerns. (Nemours Foundation)
Healthy eating for pre-teens and teenagers
What’s the Right Weight for Me? – A child’s guide to understanding body type, calories, exercise, and how to maintain optimal weight. (Kids Health)
Healthy Eating For Teens – Good summary of nutritional needs of teenagers, including a chart of recommended servings of different food groups. (Nutrition.com.sg)
Kids and junk food
Junk Food vs. Healthy Nutrition for Children – How to help your child maintain a healthy diet, regardless of adverse influences. (MedicineNet – commercial site)
Parents Against Junk Food – Non-profit organization dedicated to making sure healthier choices are available in schools. Includes links to local organizations that create positive change in school systems.
Maya W. Paul, Suzanne Barston, and Jaelline Jaffe, Ph.D., contributed to this article. Last modified: August 09.