Womens Health In India
January 25, 2012 | 
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Womens health in India is of major concern as most of the women are deprived of basic food requirements and are expected high of providing quality life to her family. Just give a deep thought on how well you will be able to work at office or at home if you fail to get the required amount of food or energy. Its not an easy task to go without food. Then why expect the same from women?
This is the hard to digest truth that women are not getting enough nutrition in the country. According to research it is believed that about 55% of women in the country are suffering from malnutrition, 70% from anemia, and more than 50% are suffering from iodine deficiency. It is also revealed that the prevalence of anemia is noticed in about 78% of the lactating women and about 75% of pregnant women. Apart from this many women and adolescent girls around the country are known to suffer from low birth weight, night blindness, neural tube defects, abortions, and still births. This malnutrition and nutrition deficiency is taking them towards physical illness and emotional setbacks.
The social status of women in the country has taken various different forms, out of which malnutrition in the key issue. This has dramatically supported female infanticide, lower literacy levels, higher mortality rate, and lower sex ratio.
Science says that girls and women need for food and energy as compared to boys and men. This is mainly because girls have to undergo various biological cycles, emotional waves, and social bothering. A continuous life cycle covering different stages like puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, delivery, and lactation requires extra calories. Over that the issues of abortion and menopause make women thirst for more drive and energy. Despite of knowing the science and biological cycles of women, it is revealed that out of 100 almost 60 women are unable to survive childbirth. The saddest aspect is that after an abortion or a miscarriage, the demand of child increases in the family but the nutritional care for women decreases. Give a wise thought and make a judgment on how can a woman ever give birth to a child if she herself is not healthy within?
Women are certainly the lifeline of a family. If the nutritional status of women is lowered then it is directly or indirectly going to leave its imprints on the entire family. Though the cases are seen rarely in big cities and towns but rural areas and villages are still living in the world of darkness. Its time to make them recognize and feel the importance of gender equality and women nutrition.
Just remember, One spoon of quality food to a woman is equal to feeding one spoon to the family.
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