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Importance of nutrition and exercise for children. Tiffany Chen. Why is Nutrition and Fitness I mportant. Many kids today are considered overweight or obese Children are spending more time on watching TV or playing on the computer instead of exercising
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Importance of nutrition and exercise for children Tiffany Chen
Why is Nutrition and Fitness Important • Many kids today are considered overweight or obese • Children are spending more time on watching TV or playing on the computer instead of exercising • Many parents let there children eat a fast food regularly because it is convenient • A great deal are not getting a healthy balanced meal.
Importance of nutrition and fitness • It is essential for a there growth and development. • It helps calm there energy and helps muscle and bones. • Healthy eating habits help student think clear and focus. • Good nutrition helps with better education performances
Importance of nutrition and fitness • Helps prevent nutrient deficiency and poor bone health • Teaching health eating habits at a young age will help student develop the skill to eat health as adults • Regular exercise is an important part of children staying healthy
Healthy Eating Habits • Help prevent health issues such as eating disorder, cavities, and obesity. • Around 1 out of 3 children in the united states is considers overweight or obese. • Obesity can lead to a numerous different other health condition including • type 2 diabetes • high blood pressure • high cholesterol
How can we help • Help children developed health eating habits • Provide students with nutritional snacks • There should be a wide variety of snacks such as vegetable, fruits, would grains, milk, and water. • Students should have limited portion sizes • Eat at the dinner table with children • Set a good example • Changing your eating habits will help teach children by example • Don’t reward children with special food or sweets • This keeps children from thinking that certain food are better than others
How can we help • Don’t let kids skip breakfast. • Eating a healthy breakfast has proven to improve problem solving ability, memory and verbal skills, and creativity. • Limit portion sizes • Limit sugar and salts • Make sure children have at least 60 minutes of moderate exercise almost everyday. • Sports and outdoor games are a great way for children to get moving
Get kids moving • An important part of a healthy lifestyle for kids is to keep them active • Limit the amount of hours your child spends on the TV or computer • School aged children should spend about 1 to 2 hours on watching TV and the computer • There are lots of activities and sports kids can play for exercise • Basketball, soccer, tag, swimming, bicycling, hiking, baseball, skating, hopscotch, jump roping • If its cold turn on some music indoor and let them dance • If its snowing let them go sledding.
School age children need • 2-4 serving of fruits and 3-5 vegetable • Vegetable • vegetable to soup • Fruits • Apples and Carmel dip • Apples with low-fat yogurt • 6-11 servings of whole grains • Spaghetti and meatballs • 2-3 serving of dairy • Milk • Cereal with skim of 1% milk • Cheese and crackers • Pudding. • 2-3 serving of protein • Grilled chicken • Eggs • Turkey sandwich
How to deal with pick eaters • Serve something new with a small portion of a favorite food • Limit liquid beverage so that children don’t fill up on them • Try new foods with your children • Try only one food at a time. • Children might be more eager to try new food if they help make them • Make food look more interesting to eat my making a food collage
Great resource to checkout • Choosemyplate.gov: has great resourced for meals and eating on a budget • NutritionForKids.com: resources, books, handouts, and information • EatRight.org: information on deficiency, food and nutrition information • Kidshealthy.org: has lots of nutrition information and ideas, and information and safety tips on fitness. • Jonesboro.org: has information on parks where kids can be active and information on the City Stars community sports for kids to play
References • http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_eating_children_teens.htm • http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body/overweight_obesity.html • http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/staying_fit/exercise.html • http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/importance-good-nutrition-kids-6236.html