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Nutrition in Elementary Schools

Nutrition in Elementary Schools. By: Emily Brown . Points of My Paper. If kids are not they given enough healthy choices in school, they could become obese or overweight

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Nutrition in Elementary Schools

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  1. Nutrition in Elementary Schools By: Emily Brown

  2. Points of My Paper • If kids are not they given enough healthy choices in school, they could become obese or overweight • States have begun putting regulations in place for a healthier school system and encouraging children to drink more water and eat healthier • National School Lunch Program • Project Appleseed

  3. Points Cont. • Childhood obesity and overweightness leading to diseases, illnesses and affected well being. • One in 3 kids in todays world suffer from being overweight or obese. • Training teachers and school districts to provide a healthier school environment

  4. Job Shadowing • For my job shadowing I shadowed Michelle Owens. Mrs. Owens works for the Alliance for a Health Generation, a nationwide corporation founded in 2005 devoted to combating childhood obesity. Mrs. Owens is the student wellness director for AHG and travels across the country providing training and teaching assistance to school districts to provide a healthier school environment. With AHG supporting over 14,000 school systems, Mrs. Owens teaches both high school students and teachers to help educate younger children.

  5. Job Shadowing • I shadowed my advisor, Mrs. Owens, at the Dare County Obesity Task Force & School Cafeteria Meetingat the Outer Banks Hospital. • THE OBTF did a BMI data test of all Dare County Elementary School’s Kindergarten and 3rd graders. • In male kindergartener's at Manteo Elementary Schools, weight varies from 30 to 99 pounds. • In female Kindergartener's at MES, weight varies from 33 pounds to 64 pounds. • I also provided my input on Dare Unplugged week and how to get high school students more involved. • I also shadowed Mrs. Owens as she went to Tyrell County Elementary School and presented to the all the teachers in the Tyrell County district. She presented on how healthy they could asses their school was so they could make changes in school meals.

  6. Service Learning My service learning took place at Mount Olivet United Methodist Church helping out with the afterschool program. Each week, my friend Mary V. and I would go and teach them different lessons about the importance of eating healthy and exercising among other things. The kids were all elementary school age and enjoyed the activities we did with them about being healthy and nutrition.

  7. Product • Scripted movie. • I employed the help of 2 first graders and 1 kindergartner to show the importance of eating healthy.

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