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EATING HEALTHY, STAYING FIT!. Berneatta Whitlock, MPH Student Walden University PUBH 6165-2 Instructor: Dr. Howard Rubin. Eating Healthy. What does eating healthy mean to you?. Eating Healthy. Eating Healthy. School Based Nutrition Education.
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EATING HEALTHY, STAYING FIT! Berneatta Whitlock, MPH Student Walden University PUBH 6165-2 Instructor: Dr. Howard Rubin
Eating Healthy • What does eating healthy mean to you?
School Based Nutrition Education • Schools can reach all children and adolescents. • Schools provide opportunities for children to practice good eating habits. • Schools can address peer related issues that affect eating habits. • Teachers can use their instructional skills, and food service staff can offer their knowledge to nutrition education programs at your school. • Improve the eating behaviors and health of youth and adults involved.
Iron Deficiency www.googleimages/ironman www.googleimages/highironfoods. To prevent iron deficiency , you should eat sufficient amounts of foods high in iron and vitamin C.
Obesity and Eating Disorders • Obesity can lead to serious health problems … …including poor peer relationships and low self-esteem. www.google.images.com
Dental Caries (cavities) • Pain • Expensive Treatment • Tooth Loss www.googleimages.
Starting Here www.googleimages.com
What Do You Need www.googleimages/foodpymramid.com
Nutrition and Physical Fitness http://wwwstatic.valleyoakscharterschool.org/images/nutritionFitnessVa/BodybuildingHeart200001.jpg
Being Physically Fit www.googleimages/fitness.com
School Fitness/Activities Cheerleading Dance Gymnastics Running Soccer Swimming Walking/Hiking Football
Ideas For Activities www.googleimages.com/fitness
Let’s Get It Started! • Ask your friends, teachers, counselors, principals, and community leaders to help promote creating a healthy school. • Set up meetings with community leaders to get funding for this program in your schools. • Take control and go out to your local food markets and farmers for their support.
Working Together http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl
Questions Please?? • I can be contacted at Berneatta.Whitlock@waldenu.edu , for more information or ways to start your journey to creating a healthy school full of nutrition and exercise. Thank You !!!
References Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005, U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2005: http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/dietary_guidelines.html Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) and Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs). Links to all guidelines and reports. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000105.html Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (1997). Guidelines for school and community programs to promote lifelong physical activity among young people. MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORTS, 46(No. RR-6), 1-36. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing obesity and chronic diseases through nutrition and physical activity. 2005. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/ factsheets/Prevention/pdf/obesity.pdf. Accessed May 26, 2006.
References Continued • Healthy and Balanced Living Curriculum Framework, Connecticut State Department of Education, 2006: http://www.state.ct.us/sde/deps/Student/CHE/index.htm • Moving into the Future: National Physical Education Standards, 2nd Edition, National Association for Sport and Physical Education, 2004: http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/template.cfm?template=publicationsnationalstandards.html • Pate, R. R., Pratt, M., et al. (1995). Physical activity and public health: A recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine. JAMA, 273(5), 402-407.