Chennai: C B Sajan, a 10-year-old boy, from Chennai has created a health check app to raise awareness about the adverse effects of a stagnant life among kids and encourage them to live a healthy life.
A press release said Kids today are obsessed with their smartphones and do not engage in any outdoor activities, which has led to various physical and mental health concerns.
“Sajan also noticed that most kids his age are grappling with obesity and lethargy. He realised that none of the health apps available are focused on children’s health and wellbeing. Being on the WhiteHat Jr. platform for the past 5-6 months, he wanted to utilise his learning to create an app to solve this problem. With the app, he aims to encourage both the parents and the children to be more health conscious,” the release added.
“Kids now a days have an evolved sense of right and wrong, and they want to contribute in their own way to address issues in our society. Kids as young as 6-year-old can start to learn coding to prepare them for the future and like Sajan, we are already seeing many kids creating some extremely creative, high utility digital applications that will make a long-term impact on the world,” said Karan Bajaj, founder and CEO, WhiteHat Jr.