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Question:

Seeing the growing cases of diabetes and depression among young 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 junk food in schools and introducing healthy snacks and drinks like soup, lassi, milk, etc., in school canteens. They also decided to make compulsory half an hour of daily physical activities for the students in the morning assembly. After six months, Mr. Chopra conducted a health survey in most of the schools and discovered a tremendous improvement in the students' health. After reading the above passage, answer the following questions: (i) What are the values (at least two) displayed by Mr. Chopra?

Solution:

(i) The values displayed by Mr. Chopra are:
(a) social awareness
(b) concern for students' health
(ii) Awareness can be spread by performing nukkad natak in the community, displaying posters, cartoons, and slogans, and by conducting seminars.
(iii) Antidepressant drugs have lots of side effects like indigestion, headache, stomach aches, drowsiness, weight gain, etc. That is why they should not be taken without consulting a doctor.
(iv) Examples of artificial sweeteners are aspartame, saccharin, sucralose, etc.