In our first edition of the guest blog, watch Dr. Ameet Patki, Medical director at Fertility Associates and a fertility consultant talk about the importance of self care.
According to Dr. Patki there is a large incidence of obesity, stress, anxiety, PCOS and other health related problems in young girls and the incidents as quoted by WHO is almost 1 in every 3 girls in India.
This sudden increase is largely related to lifestyle disorders, lack of exercise, junk eating, irregular hours of sleeping has brought up these problems in girls. Besides giving low self image it can also cause issues in conceiving, heart problems, blood pressure and diabetes.
"It is very important for young girls to realise that regular exercise, regular healthy and nutritious eating habits, avoiding junk food and most importantly self care will lead them to have reduced instances of future health problems."
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