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Seeing the growing cases of diabetes and depression among young children, Mr. Lugani, the principal of one reputed school organized a seminar in which he invited parents and principals. 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. Lugani 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. Lugani ?
(ii) As a student, how can you spread awareness about this issue ?
(iii) What are antidepressant drugs ? Give an example.
(iv) Name the sweetening agent used in the preparation of sweets fora diabetic patient.

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(i) (a) Spreading awareness about health and physical fitness.
(b) Strong determination for healthy food.

(ii) (a) By telling others the ill effects of junk food.
(b) By organising seminars about benefits of physical fitness.

(iii) Antidepressant drugs are the drugs which inhibit the enzymes catalysing the degradation of noradrenaline and thus counteract the effect of depression.
e.g., Iproniazid.

(iv) Saccharin.

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