IKS-Based Wellness Education for Schools and Communities

Description

This book presents an Indian Knowledge System-based framework for wellness education in schools and communities. It argues that health education must go beyond disease prevention, hygiene awareness, and nutritional information to include cultural understanding, food literacy, ethical consumption, mindful eating, daily routines, community health, ecological responsibility, and holistic well-being.

The book draws upon Ayurveda, Ahara, traditional food practices, regional food cultures, community health, mindful eating, gut health, food ethics, and food-as-medicine literacy. It interprets these themes in accessible educational language for teachers, students, parents, curriculum planners, wellness educators, community educators, and general readers.

The chapters examine Ayurveda and the philosophy of health, Ahara as the Indian science of food and health, the kitchen as the first health school, gut health and traditional diets, regional food traditions and community wellness, food ethics and mindful eating, community health through traditional food systems, and an educational framework for food-as-medicine literacy.

The book follows a conceptual, educational, and synthesis-oriented approach. It is not a clinical trial report, medical guideline, pharmacological manual, or systematic review. Its purpose is to build a structured wellness-literacy resource that can support classroom discussions, school wellness activities, food-literacy modules, community awareness programmes, and interdisciplinary education.

The book is intended for educational, cultural, conceptual, and wellness-literacy purposes only. It does not replace medical diagnosis, clinical treatment, nutritional prescription, psychological counselling, Ayurvedic treatment, Yoga therapy, or professional healthcare advice.