Methodology and Results The authors start by framing the importance of the school’s environment in creating and maintaining healthy eating behaviors in students, “Schoolteachers can affect students’ eating habits in several ways: through nutrition knowledge, positive role modeling, and avoidance of unhealthy classroom food practices.” This article discussed a study done by four professors of different universities throughout Canada. The purpose of the study was to look at the relationship between future schoolteachers’ knowledge and habits when it comes to eating healthy and classroom food habits. The study included a survey from 103 (out of the 130) prospective teachers completing a Baccalaureate Degree in elementary or secondary education programs. The survey included questions about how the prospective teachers viewed their health, their eating habits, what they thought about school food environment, and their nutritional knowledge. The students who took it were in their final year of the bachelors program. The survey was distributed to the students at the end of a mandatory seminar for seniors in the education program. The article talks about the three main ways schoolteachers can influence students’ eating habits. They can do this through positive role modeling (eating healthy), nutritional knowledge (teaching their students how to eat healthily), and avoidance of unhealthy classroom food practices (such as giving children candy as rewards). The research and survey was based on these three factors. According to the results from the survey, the majority of future teachers considered themselves in good to excellent health, had good eating, and exercise habits. The percentages for good eating and exercise habit... ... middle of paper ... ... was very informative; however, I think there was room for improvement with some variables. For example, 103 students only took this survey and they were all from the same school and same class. Since all these students were from the same area, they have been through similar schooling for at least the past 3 years. The authors did not identify the student’s home of record prior to college so it is hard to tell if they all went to their hometown college or moved from across the country. They could fix this by doing the surveys at multiple schools around the country. Lastly, I wonder why they did not include the prospective teacher’s authorization level. Were they all math teachers or were some of them prospective health teachers? It would be interesting and valuable to compare the nutritional knowledge and habits of various content teachers.
Parents always want what is best for their children. They strive to provide for them, teach them, and to watch them grow into healthy, loving individuals. Despite this many parents continue to foster a habit that may prevent the goal of good health, unhealthy eating. Americans today consume too much fat, sugar, and food in general and its shows; rates of obesity and weight/diet related diseases such as diabetes are extremely high. In order to slow and eventually put a stop to this trend parents need to not only be aware and informed, but also need to take action and institute healthy eating habits from the very beginning.
First of all, an increasing amount of kids are becoming overweight because their schools pressure them to eat sugary, fatty, and high-calorie foods. Not only do many schools promote consumption of harmful foods, many schools also actively serve them in school lunches. In 1963, 4% of kids were obese; currently, approximately 17% of kids are obese. Some might argue that kids themselves are the reason for the increase, because school lunches also provide healthier foods. Unfortunately, most kids do not have much of a choice - healthier foods are priced much higher than their unhealthy counterpart, consequently many parents do not want their kids to buy the more expensive, yet healthier product. In my 3½ years ...
of physical fitness as a whole. It is not enough to periods between your workouts.
In order to achieve wellness, teachers / caregivers must model and exhibit appropriate behaviors, i.e. exercise, healthy eating habits, personal hygiene, emotional fulfillment, and knowledge of healthy habits. Children begin learning this at home first with their parents / caregivers. Teachers are the next important person in a child’s life to help them achieve wellness (Sorte, et al., 2011). It is imperative for teachers and families to work together in order to achieve wellness for children. They must be role models and set examples for children.
The essay “Food for Thought (and for Credit)” by Jennifer Grossman was able to convey the relationship between obesity and fast food of today and the importance of home economics in schools. The definition of nutrition is the process of providing the food necessary for health and growth. This includes healthy and unhealthy food choices. Simplicity and convenience led to the rise of fast food restaurants in America, which led to an increase in poor nutrition. Grossmans argument was that nutrition education needs to change.
All throughout my life I have never had to watch my weight or worry about my eating habits. I have always been able to eat all kinds of different foods unhealthy or healthy it never mattered because of my high metabolism. I never stopped to think of the effects or the problems I could obtain over time if I kept eating the same way. However, after being deeply affected by this semester by my own food journal, The Food Inc. movie, and The Eater Reader I now have a better sense of wisdom and better understanding of the types of foods I was putting into my body, and have stopped drinking carbonation but with the lack of time I will not be able to give up my eating habits up.
To conclude, unhealthy foods in the cafeteria and the vending machines are the worst examples for the kids to maintain the healthy eating habits. Us Parents have to step in to make changes for our kids because in doing so would determine what kind of foods our kids are consuming. We do know for facts they are not getting the proper nutrients while in school, although they do spend in average of eight to 12 hours in schools. We, the parents, can start to make a difference, by attending the school meetings and being active in our kids functions in schools.
This report has the following sections: Introduction, Stress and Student Choices, Schedules and Life Factors in Eating Habits, Ways to Change Eating Habits, Conclusions, Recommendations, References and Appendixes, and Summary.
I’m so glad to hear that you’re looking for advice on what healthy eating and exercise means! You’ve definitely come to the right place. I just finished a health course and I am confident that I will have no problem explaining nutrition, healthy eating habits, and exercise to you. Nutrition, healthy eating habits, and exercise are crucial components of not only your physical health, but mental and social as well. In this essay, I will go over all three.
In order to instill in children the importance the importance of a healthy diet and aid the movement by schools, it is essential that children start eating nutrition’s at home. Obesity can be prevented if more parents would get actively involved in their children eating habits at an early age by serving as positive role models. Children are constantly observing their parents actions and are eagered to follow their parent’s actions. Some parents don’t understand the impact they have in their children’s lives. Some parents encourage their children to eat vegetables and exercise by doing it
In control group – “Be Smart” –for ethical reasons researchers developed a different educational program that introduced children to food in a non-nutrition sense, while in “Eat Smart” group, health concepts was promoted and explored through tasting seasons and games based on “Give me 5” concentrating on breakfast and snacking, in “Play Smart” uncompetitive team games, activities and quizzes were used to promote activity in daily life and in “Eat Smart Play Smart” group, nutrition and physical education program was combined. To evaluate the impact of intervention programs on preventing obesity, nutrition knowledge, physical activity, anthropometric and dietary assessments were made at both initial and final stages. A
That leads to the children adopting the lifestyle to their adulthood stage of life, making the world to be full of obese and overweight, unhealthy individuals prone to many diseases (FamilyDoctor.org). The schools should have healthy diet menus to have mentally alert students who are excellent in their academic work without depression and anxiety to avoid cases of school strikes and dropouts which are in association with the poor eating habits. For the students to participate in sports fully and to determine their talents, there should be no junk foods in schools for them to be strong without complications related to severe eating such as weak bones which can hinder them from taking part in sports. Lastly for the parents not to spend so much money on their children’s food, the schools should provide the healthiest diet, which is cheaper and its consumption is not frequent, unlike the junk whose serving us at any time leading to
Eating healthy in order to have a prosperous lifestyle often starts by making informed food choices. This means that you must eat the right amount of foods (generally containing large amounts of vitamins and minerals) in each food group. Choosing a variety of nutrient-rich foods can help you live a longer, healthier life. Along with eating healthy, you must get enough hours of exercise, which will support your cells and allow them to work efficiently. The 5-2-1-0 rule generally recommends about an hour or more of physical activity for most adolescents however, this may vary for different people. ChooseMyPlate.gov is a website that allows you to track your meals and hours of physical fitness, allowing you to compare your lifestyle to what is
What is healthy eating? Ask any elite athlete and their answer will probably be much different from that of a vegans answer. Some people may respond with a simple, “ Not eating junk food or any oily and sugary foods.” However, others may give an in depth answer as to the true meaning of health and the exact health benefits of specific foods. This has rose to be a major problem in the concept of “Healthy eating” because the majority of Americans have an extremely skewed view of what it means to truly eat healthy. This misunderstanding has given the United States of America a very poor reputation geared towards a “Fast food obsessed nation”. Healthy eating is linked directly to a plethora of benefits that keep the human body physically and mentally healthy. The truthful facts of healthy eating need to be exposed to the nation of The United States and the other 195 countries on Earth, today.
Previously to taking this class, I had never given much thought to my eating habits. I always thought of the way I chose to eat as one of those things I didn’t need to concern myself with too heavily now because I’m a young broke college student. The way I eat is pretty similar to the way most of my friends eat and when you live away from home, that seems like the norm for people in college. However, after applying what I’ve learned in this class to my life, I’ve realized that the dietary choices I make now affect not only my current health, but my future health as well. So overall, I would say that my eating habits are pretty bad, but I’m working on making them better.