Ghrita – Elixir: Child Growth and Development

Abstract

Today's children are tomorrow's citizen. Healthy society of the future relies on the health of the children today. Growth and development, the vital phenomena of childhood have a very important role in determining the health of the children and thereby the society. The term growth is described as the increase in the physical size of the body whereas development refers to increase in skills and functions. Thus, growth and development can be understood as improvement in physical, socio-emotional, cognitive and motor aspects. Factors such as genetic inheritance, nutrition, physical surroundings, psychological factors, economic factors etc influence the growth and development of a child.