Seminar on Challenges of Adolescence
Event Start Date : 25/10/2021 Event End Date 25/10/2021
Seminar on Challenges of Adolescence
Sensitizing students about body and hormonal changes and normalizing them is the need of the hour. Understanding the same, DAV Public School, Sector-49, Gurugram organized a seminar for the girl students of std XI to sensitize them about the challenges during adolescence. The interactive session was conducted by Dr.Meenakshi Ganjoo,MBBS,MD(Community Medicine) on 25.10.2021.
The session primarily focussed on spreading awareness and knowledge regarding sensitive topics like body positivity, hormonal changes and health and nutrition during adolescence. Dr. Ganjoo majorly emphasized that one should love one’s body and accept it the way it is, because it is beautiful. Students were told about Pubarche, Thelarche and Menarche. The session also focused on the adequate Nutritional requirement of an adolescent. Eating disorders like Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa were made clear to the students using different definitions and real life examples. At the end of the seminar, there was a small Q/A session in which students cleared their doubts regarding do’s and don’ts during menses, itching, rashes and medication for cramps. Overall, it was an enlightening experience for the students to talk freely about such issues and get their doubts clarified.