Mr. Roy, the principal of one reputed school organized a seminar in which he invited parents and principals to discuss the serious issue of diabetes and depression in students. 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. Roy conducted the health survey in most of the schools and discovered a tremendous improvement in the health of the students. After reading the above passage, answer the following questions:
(i) What are the values (at least two) displayed by Mr. Roy?
(ii) As a student, how can you spread awareness about this issue?
(iii) What are tranquilizers? Give an example.
(iv) Why is use of aspartame limited to cold foods and drinks?
(i) The two values displayed by Mr Roy are
• Caring – He was concerned about student’s health and thus took an initiative because he cares about them.
• Social service- He conducted the health survey in most of the schools and discovered a tremendous improvement in the health of the students.
(ii) Awareness can be spread by displaying posters, slogans, speeches, by conducting seminars and also encouraging others for participating in such activities so that more and more people can be aware of it.
(iii) Tranquilizers are a class of chemical compounds used for the treatment of stress, and mild or even severe mental diseases. These relieve anxiety, stress, irritability or excitement by inducing a sense of well-being. Examples are chlordiazepoxide, meprobamate, equanil, etc.
(iv) Use of aspartame is limited to cold foods and soft drinks because it is unstable at cooking temperature.
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