“Problem child”  or child  doing badly in school…….
Check the Haemiglobin levels. Is the child anaemic?

Children who are slow at school work, don’t finish what they start and are withdrawn, are often scolded by worried parents, who put them under lot  of pressure for good performance without realizing that the child may be anaemic and not getting the right nutrition in right amount.

Anaemia and nutritional deficiencies impairs the child’s thinking, memory , concentration, stamina and cause even  behavioural problem in children.
Economic loss to the nation due to anaemia is mind boggling . Billions of dollars roughly  4-5 %GDP (Food policy 2003).