Ebook Nutrition Education To Prevent Obesity In school Age Children
Upon the induction of the National School Lunch Act in 1946, President Harry Truman said that ‘no nation is any healthier than its children’ (1). Today, our nation is plagued with an obesity epidemic that is indifferent to age. Rates of childhood obesity in America today cannot be paralleled with any other time in our history. The number of obese children with type II diabetes, hypertension, and other diseases is forcing the medical community to redefine the epidemiology of these ‘adult’ disease states.
Emerging into the medical community as a registered dietitian, I am drawn not only by the natural charisma of children, but also that I concur with President Truman on the statement that the health of America is projected by its’ children. I have been empowered with the knowledge of nutrition and am able to deliver the message of good nutrition and overall health to children via a media that entertains, is interactive, and educates. This brings a euphoric feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction.
Haggerty Elementary School, part of the Van Buren Public School district in Belleville, Michigan, welcomed me into 10 separate classes to provide nutrition education for approximately 200 students, kindergarten through second grade. The ever so broad topic of basic nutrition left me with the desire to focus on a smaller aspect and I sought help from my much-respected advisor, Dr. Judi Brooks. She guided me toward using breakfast, and especially the calcium and fiber that can be consumed during this meal, as a vehicle to educate children on good nutrition. Much research has been conducted on breakfast and the beneficial health implications it has on children. Armed with a creative mind and a message, I designed an educational, interactive, and entertaining lecture on breakfast that was presented on March 10, 2004 and March 11, 2004 at Haggerty Elementary School.
I continued my nutrition education involvement at Haggerty Elementary School by using the National School Breakfast Program to conduct a themed breakfast based on my nutrition education lecture the previous week. In addition to sending flyers to every teacher and posting them around the school, I advertised this event during my education lectures. The National School Breakfast Program has notoriously low participation when compared to the national average of the National School Lunch Program. Haggerty Elementary School has an average participation of 30 to 35 students in the School Breakfast Program. The theme breakfast meal that I organized had a recorded 51 participants. A success not only in numbers, but also that many of the students recognized me and could reiterate a portion of my lecture to me, one week later.
The Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Symposium XXIV provided a media in which I had the opportunity to share my research and project with peers, professors, and the public. I designed a poster presentation highlighting current data on the progression of childhood obesity, the benefits of breakfast, fiber, and calcium, the nutrition education that I provided to the students, and the themed breakfast meal that was conducted. Even with spending hours discussing my project with multiple collections of people, the wake of the Symposium reached even more. I have heard reports that my project was discussed in college courses, offices, and amongst groups in the weeks thereafter. This has instilled me with a feeling of joy and hope- hope for our children- hope for the future.
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: CHILDHOOD OBESITY
- RESEARCH INTRODUCTION
PREVALENCE AND TRENDS OF OVERWEIGHT US CHILDREN
HEALTH EFFECTS OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY
CHILDHOOD OBESITY: HOW DID IT HAPPEN
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM
THE ROLE OF BREAKFAST IN OBESITY PREVENTION
SUMMARY
CHAPTER 3: NUTRITION EDUCATION
- HAGGERTY ELEMENTARY K-2 GRADE NUTRITION EDUCATION…22
THEME MEAL
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM
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CHAPTER 4: FUTURE EXPANSIONS AND APPLICATIONS
- MIDDLE SCHOOL ‘EXPERIMENT’ IDEAS
HIGH SCHOOL ‘EXPERIMENT’ IDEAS
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
- A. NHANES TABLES AND CHARTS
B. DEXTER’S BREAKFAST SURVEYS
C. DEXTER’S EDUCATION MATERIAL: NOTEBOOK POWERPOINT SLIDES
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