Height/weight chart has been given in earlier pages which should be gone through. Weight of an individual is dependant largely on following factors:-
- Age of an individual- as in infancy, childhood, adolescence, middle age and, finally, in advance age.
- Climatic effect on food habits.
- Capacity to purchase and financial constraints.
- Amount of labour put in, while discharging one’s professional job and the calories, actually required and expended.
- Suitable balanced diet in health, as also in disease.
- Nature of job of a person.
It is held that weight should be according to one’s height. But, conversely, certain classes of people do not or fail to gain weight, in spite of the fact that they take a balanced and nutritive diet. There is another myth that taller parents have taller children. In general observance, it is the reverse case, in most of the cases, so to say. Because parental factor is not so important as other factors like growth pattern, eating habits, mental and physical status, climate effects and outdoor games and/or physical exercises, resistance to or susceptibility of infections, amount of food properly digested etc. Some people talk of genetic effects also. The fact of the matter remains that parental care, carefree approach and disease less health state, provision and utilisation of reasonable avenues and facilities provided, acquired nutritive values in the food taken, burden of studies and other worries and cares of life, congenial at mosphere and environs are some of generally said causes and determining factors, for the growth of a person, Mental health plays an important part in the height factor.
Food is, in fact, one of factors that accounts for gaining height, and it is an important factor, Howsoever nutritious food one may take but, if the mind is under stress, turmoil and tension, family atmosphere is agitative and when even normal study is taken as a burden, there is some fear psychosis, growth process is bound to be adversely affected.
In all fairness to growing children and to ensure that they gain good or reasonably good height, let their caretakers provide congenial atmosphere as a first prerequisite. Children of working classes of those who have sparse and limited resources look heal their, better, taller and carefree whereas children of affluent parents are fed on pseudo fads and allurements. If parents wish their children to grow rich (not in wealth) in health, height and studies they should be nourished with proper requisite and timely parental care (not a pampered treatment), congenial atmosphere and other growth avenues, Never burden your child with worries and cares of modern life’s compulsions and demands. Let them enjoy and relish what is offered to them. Help him in feeling that he/she is a well looked after child, but not a pampered and spoiled child. All these factors contribute a lot in gaining normal growth. He should be given to eat what suits him, and not what is the best food item. Children should never be forced to eat, when they do not have an urge therefore. Emphasis should bean quality and nutritive values, and not on how costly the diet is. Avoid exposed foods, beverages, juices, fast foods, spicy and unhygienic foods. Rely more on nature.
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