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International Self-Care Day 2025: International Self Care Day is celebrated every year on 24 July. According to WHO, self-care helps improve health and reduce dependence on health services.
Know the doctor, why is self -care. (Canva)Highlights
- International Self Care Day is celebrated every year on 24 July.
- According to WHO, self-care helps improve health.
- Women should get regular exercise, healthy food and adequate sleep.
International Self-Care Day 2025: International Self Care Day is celebrated on 24 July every year around the world. Celebrating this day means that every person can take care of his own health and be aware of his health. Actually, in the kind of lifestyle of us nowadays, people now need more care about their health. Because in the last few years, the risk of lifestyle related diseases has increased. These diseases start at a small level, if only if you become alert, then the disease can be prevented. Now the question is, how to take care of your health? How should women take care of their health? What measures should be adopted to stay healthy? What is the advice of WHO on self care? About this News18 Telling to Noida Senior Gynecologist Dr. Meera Pathak-
What is the advice of WHO?
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that self-care, ie self-care not only helps in improving your health but it also reduces dependence on our existing health services. With the help of self-care, people help people control problems like diabetes, sugar and BP. If we control them, they can also protect ourselves from problems like heart attack or stroke in future.
Why does WHO consider it necessary?
Doctor Manjula Narasimhan of the Department of Reproductive Health and Research says that with the help of self care, the quality of our health is improved. This helps protect us from chronic diseases. Actually, the treatment of chronic disease is difficult and there is a lot of discomfort, so everyone should take care of themselves instead of being dependent on others to take care of their health.
How to take care of your health
According to the expert, women should exercise regularly, to eat healthy food, to get stress and get regular health check -up to take care of their health. Apart from this, women should be aware of their physical and mental health and should not ignore any problem.
Follow these self -care tips
- Make sure to include physical activities in your routine.
- Sleep, good and adequate sleep is essential for self care.
- Diet rich in nutrients like diet, fiber, calcium and vitamins is also necessary for overall health.
- To reduce stress, reduce mindfulness and meditation.
- Do not reduce or consume alcohol and tobacco at all.
