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Your New Year's Health Resolution for 2020

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:38:31 +0000

Every new year people think that this year they will leave alcohol or smoking or join gym or delete fast food from their diet and many other things. But the main problem is to keep on those resolutions, especially when you have to keep a healthy resolution because it requires more strictness to follow.

One can come up with any resolution, the main thing is that you have to stick to your health resolution. So, here we are at InnoHEALTH Magazine to help you with your new year health resolution.

Here are some 10 health resolutions which you can follow in 2020 to make this year more joyful and healthy:

1. Eat more healthy food

Yes, this can be on your 2020 resolution list to stay healthy. You can start by adding healthy food items to your meal and removing too much fast food from your diet. This will help you a lot to increase your health and if you are fat or skinny by any chance then you can even come up with a diet plan to maintain your body shape.

And it is pretty easy to understand that healthy food provides good nutrients, vitamins, and minerals to your body which keeps you energetic whereas fast food just introduce your body too bad fat and unhealthy substances.

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2. Resolute to leave a bad habit

This can be a hard one because bad habits are often very hard to leave, more reason why you should resolute to leave a bad habit this new year. This can be a great step towards your health if you leave a bad habit like drinking too much alcohol or smoking or eating too much unhealthy food or any such habit which causes harm to your health. This resolution surely will test your caliber of control over your body and willpower but if you succeed then this will result in a considerable change in your good health and better lifestyle.

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3. 30 minutes daily walk

If you are too busy to join a gym or to follow an exercise plan then the best thing you can do is take a 30-minute walk in a day which will help you a lot to stay healthy. It may not sound like a big deal to take a 30 min walk but it affects your body in a good way by increasing your body activity and heart rate. It will also help your lower muscles to be in shape and habitual of walking long. This will help you improve your digestion.

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4. Stay away from social media

One reason for bad health in today’s world is using technology too much. We use to give a lot of our important time to social media. Yes, social media can help you to stay up to date but nowadays everyone is addicted to social media which is as bad as the addiction of alcohol or smoking. Continuous use of phones causes damage to your eyes. So, you should make a resolution this year to stay away from social media.

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5. Take proper sleep

Taking proper sleep is directly related to your health. In the past few years, we have developed a new habit of going to bed late. We used to do different things at that time that we should be giving to our sleep which is a big reason for health issues. The human body requires a good sleep to work properly and sleep is the time when our body heals itself. So, giving your body a proper sleep can increase your health and will also make you feel refreshed. Dedicating a certain hour to your body for sleep is a good resolution to make this year.

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6. A full body checkup

Even if you are working just fine you should still arrange an appointment for a full body checkup. This will help you not only to keep a track of your health records but also to make sure that you are not in danger with any secret illness or disease. This will also help you to clear any ill thoughts about your health and also make you feel relieved that you are just fine and have nothing to worry about.

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7. Daily exercise

It is common fact that daily exercise is very important and beneficial for health because exercise helps you to maintain your health in many ways like

controlling your weight
reducing risk of heart disease
burning RFM(reserve food material) in your body
Improving your mental health and mood
Increases your physical abilities
maintains your body mass index

and many more things. This is not an easy resolution to follow but this is the most effective one and this year for a change and for your better health make this resolution.
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8. Create a timetable

One of the most common resolutions many people come up with is to create a time table for their daily activities. Creating a timetable means organizing your task and giving each task a specific time which will help you to keep track on your health activities and never forget any of your exercise routine. Following a time table also helps you to improve your mental health and makes you more punctual and responsible. Start with making a task book or by creating a timetable for just a day and follow it, by completing small tasks you will develop a sense of achievement. Creating and following a timetable is a good resolution to follow.

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9. Plan outdoor activities

Committing with an outdoor activity can help you recreating your present lifestyle and improves your mental, physical, social and intellectual skills. Those who spend more time in outdoor activities become happier and tend to learn new skills. It helps to boost your creativity. You have many different things and experiences to explore when you choose to go for an outdoor activity. You can choose any activity like climbing, river rafting, playing football out of unlimited options. So, make sure you plan at least one outdoor activity this year.

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10. Commitment towards your resolution

One of the best health resolutions is to keep committed to your resolution that you have made for your health because many people come up with different kinds of health resolutions every year but are failed to follow because of some reasons. So, you can make a resolution to stay committed to your resolution. Whenever you feel that you may leave your health resolution make sure you remember this resolution, which is to stay committed to your health resolution. This is the most important resolution to follow this new year to complete your health resolution.

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Every year almost 45% of the people make some kind of health resolution, but only 3% of them are able to achieve their goals rest of the people abandon their resolution. So, the most important thing is to follow and complete your resolution.
Happy and Healthy New Year

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Vision on Blindness Cure Needs Aggressive Approach

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:31:24 +0000

Despite current measures, blindness in the world is increasing by 1 to 2 million cases per year – the result is a 100% increase in world blindness by the year 2020 unless more aggressive measures are in place.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 80% of visual impairment is either preventable or curable with treatment. As of 2015, there were 940 million people with some degree of vision loss. 246 million had low vision and over 45 million were blind with 60% of these individuals living in China, India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Majority of people with poor vision reside in the developing world and are over the age of 50 years. Visual impairments have considerable economic costs both directly due to the cost of treatment and indirectly due to decreased ability to work.
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India is home to over 8 million blind people, another 50 million have moderate to severe vision impairment. The loss of sight causes enormous human suffering for the affected individuals and their families. It also represents public health, social and economic problem for countries, especially the developing ones, where 9 out of 10 of the world’s blind live.
Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment or vision loss, is a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes problems not fixable by usual means. The term blindness is used for complete or nearly complete vision loss. Visual impairment may cause people difficulties with normal daily activities such as driving, reading, socializing and walking.
The most common causes of visual impairment globally are uncorrected refractive errors (43%), cataracts (33%), and glaucoma (2%). Refractive errors include nearsighted, farsighted, presbyopia and astigmatism. Cataracts are the most common cause of blindness. Other disorders that may cause visual problems include age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, corneal clouding, childhood blindness, and a number of infections. Screening for vision problems in children may improve future vision and educational achievement.
According to Mr. J.P. Nadda, Minister of Health & Family Welfare, “The central government is committed, inter alia, to developing and strengthening the strategy of NPCB towards ‘Eye Health for All’ by way of preventing visual impairment through provisioning of comprehensive universal eyecare services and quality service deliveries”.
Mr. Ashwani Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare says, “Despite greater awareness and policy interventions, blindness in the world is increasing phenomenally and according to WHO unless more aggressive measures are taken, there may be 100 percent increase in blindness by the year 2020. This is highly alarming & needs drastic wholesale measures”.
This calls for reducing the backlog of avoidable blindness through identification and treatment of curable blind at primary, secondary and tertiary levels, based on an assessment of the overall burden of visual impairment in the country.
Optometrists as the first point of contact for primary eye care services and equipped with the requisite knowledge and expertise, thus create a huge impact in preventing this avoidable blindness & vision impairment.
Mr. Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State, Labour & Employment says, “The traditional core of optometry has been the assessment of visual health and management strategies centered on spectacle lens and contact lens therapy. This core, however, has expanded greatly over the past century to include a number of other important services. Today’s optometry professionals are well educated and well trained to provide the full range of services thereby enhancing vision, protecting the health and preventing avoidable blindness due to refractive errors and visual impairment by over 80%”.
Mr. Ashok Siddharth, MP (Rajya Sabha) & Member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare noted that “Optometrists today provide approximately two-thirds of all eye care in the country and are prepared to meet the growing needs of the public”.
“The role of optometrists in tackling the problem of refractive error and visual impairment is important. Timely detection of refractive errors and their correction by spectacle can not only improve the child’s potential during the formative years but also prevent complications associated with uncorrected refractive error” said Dr. Promila Gupta, Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
The hard work and devotion of Indian optometrists within their profession and around their communities thus provide an invaluable service to millions of Indian citizens. Without their dedication, desire to serve the community and professionalism in delivering excellent eye care services; our fellow countrymen would not enjoy the optimal vision they have today.
In the backdrop of the above, Indian Optometric Association, the apex industry association representing approximately 12,000 Doctors of Optometry, optometry students, and paraoptometric assistants accessible to the common public.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Anil Tyagi, President, Indian Optometric Association said “AIOC has become synonymous with providing participants from across India & abroad, an excellent opportunity to share their research, experiences & optometry advancements. They sought to generate, from the conference, a better understanding of the role of optometry in eradicating the 80 percent avoidable blindness in India and other developing countries. The key to success would be making primary eye-care services easily accessible &economicaaly viable for a common public”
AIOC 2018 Organising Secretary, Dr. Subodh Dixit said: “the 37th AIOC 2018 conference spread over 16 interactive sessions & 10 workshops showcased over 75 prolific speakers, nearly 600 plus industry delegates & 20+ exhibitors; thus, offering exceptional value both as a traditional technical conference & a global networking forum”.
Dr. Rajeev Prasad, Conference Chairman, AIOC 2018 added that “the All India Optometry Conference (AIOC 2018) engaged collective experience & expertise of practitioners, optometrists, industry partners, academia, and technology organizations to discuss, deliberate, share & learn the best of practices and leadership traits”.

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