Importance of Women Health
*The nutritional status of women is important both for the quality of their own lives and the survival and healthy development of their children.
*Healthy Women can Fulfill their multiple roles
*By improving women’s Nutrition ,can also help nations to achieve three of the millenium development Goals.
Improve Nutrition Throughout Women’s Lives
Addressing the needs of girls and women throughout their lives — the “life cycle approach” — can improve women’s nutritional status.
Factors affecting Nutritional status of a woman
•Household income and its utilization
•Quality of the environment
•Number of siblings
Educational level
gender discrimination
Her activity status & exposure to social stimulation
ADOLESCENCE- The Time of Changes
The Adolescent span is considered to be the most important development span of human life, either its female or male. Both experience life changes events in their lives, body changes , developments. Hormonal changes , physical appearance changes. feelings/ emotions changes. This is the most important time for a Girl health point of view, in this majority of girls suffers from Anemia, iron deficiencies . This is the time when focus on nutrition status should be more.
The healthy dietary patterns once adopt during this phase of life it will be continued through out a life, this the time when you can lose weight and gain extra pounds, and in this frame nutrients get deposits in our body as a storage which will be used during pregnancy and lactation period.
MAJOR WOMEN’S HEALTH PROBLEMS
EATING DISORDERS
ANEMIA
BONES PROBLEMS
DEFICIENCY
BALANCED DIET
“It is not just about women and not just for women. Addressing women’s health is a necessary and effective approach to strengthening health systems overall – action that will benefit everyone.”
“Improving women’s health matters to women, to their families, communities and societies at large.”
“Improve women’s health – improve the world.”
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