Journal of School Health, 80(5), 233-239 Purpose: The purpose of this article is to raise awareness and provide strategies and solutions of the problem of obesity of children attending schools. Method: A qualitative approach was chosen in order to conduct this study. Six groups of people were included. There were school directors, physical education teachers, catering staff, school nurses and health educators, parents of young adolescents, and young adolescents. There were two steps in the conduction of this study.
Work Cited http://www.youtube.com/UproarOverSchoolLunchs Students launched a YouTube –fueled rebellion against the new government healthy meal guidelines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/nyregion/healthier-school-lunches-face-student-rejection.html?pagewanted=all they are high school students and their complaint is about lunch — healthier, smaller and more expensive than ever. http://xlibl.ohiolink.edu:833V/Ak8RGPBVG3LTCF9HU3JKHHULHNAC8XBEQE95... Federal nutrition standards have been issued in the U.S. that will limit calories and sodium and mandate more servings of fruit and vegetables in school lunches. In defense of Food (Chapter 4) Not Too Much: How to Eat, talks about the nutrition of eating healthy and why is it important to eat
Children in America have bad habits and food choices, which are influenced by their parents hereditarily and environmentally such as my little cousin Grecia. Due to poor knowledge of all the foods sold and advertised children are getting obese, “where they eat; what their friends and siblings eat; what parents eat and drink and bring into the house; what is served at school; and, of course, what they like (Risks for Youths Who Eat…).” My little cousin Grecia has been like that for several years and can’t stop eating all the unhealthy products she is used to. She needs to live and eat healthier. Healthier lifestyle is choosing to live everyday doing things that will benefit your overall health. By decreasing childhood obesity and living a healthier lifestyle it will help lower any risks of health problems in the future such as Matlaga says that he and his colleagues aren’t sure why
I can see the concern, but I have also had lunch at school with my kids and seen the reality. One of the main reasons behind these changes to school food regulations is to promote healthy eating habits in school age children. The reality is that children do not eat their food, and they throw it away. Parents, who visit their children during lunch, take in fast food for them to eat. At the end of the day, the child is hungry, and most parents stop by the favorite fast food to get dinner as part of their busy lives.
For example, correlational research can be used to describe the height of two individuals or personality trait of those individuals (Zechmeister, Zechmeister, Shaughnessy, 2001). Another example in which a researcher may decide to use a correlational research is comparing school performance and watching a television set. School performance can be measured by a researcher if there is evidence on how much time a student spends watching television at home. In the article analyzed, the researcher attempted to explore the eating attitudes and behaviors of college students as well as young adults. This survey method was chosen by researchers because it gives the researcher opportunity to describe a variable that naturally occur and gives prediction.
How can a primary school recognise and support eating disorders? Developing eating disorders Adolescence is seen as the most common time to develop an eating disorder (Beat, 2014; Hill and Pallin, 1998; Manley et al, 2000), however recent headlines have publicised that children are developing eating disorders from a much earlier age than ever before (The Telegraph, 2011). In addition, psychologists have carried out studies on children, some as young as 6 years, to record their perception of body image and dieting, with some alarming results (Hill et al 1994; Pine 2001; Fabian and Thompson 1989). With this in mind and taking into consideration that most children spend the majority of their day in school, it has to be said that staff within the learning environment are in the prime position of noticing harmful eating behaviours before parents or carers and, therefore, have the important role of supporting pupils within the guidelines of government programmes like Every Child Matters (Department for Education and Skills, DfES, 2003) and National Healthy Schools (Department for Education and Employment, DfEE, 1999). Additionally, this raises the question of how much do primary schools actually know about eating disorders and as they are indeed the first point of contact regarding recognition of eating behaviours, should they offer a teaching programme to the children on eating disorders?
Marketing & Advertising Effects On Children Marketers have used many different themes and techniques to make sure that children remember and ask for their products. During two hours of Saturday morning programming for children over forty ads are shown for different commodity type products. Various techniques are used to advertise these products, and each ad has an underlying message. Different commodity type products are advertised to children. The ads that we observed fall into the categories of food, health, and beauty products, movies, and public service announcements.
Food Consumption Among American Teenagers American teenagers eat many different types of food. Some teenagers today are starting to pay attention to health warnings about what they put into their bodies. Those that do not will greatly impede how healthy they are later in their lives. There are so many food choices that can be made throughout each day. Lack of time due to homework, sports participation, and social lives can hurt healthful eating.
The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity Janet Currie, Stefano DellaVigna, Enrico Moretti, and Vikram Pathania NBER Working Paper No. 14721 February 2009, Revised October 2009 JEL No. I1,I18,J0 ABSTRACT We investigate the health consequences of changes in the supply of fast food using the exact geographical location of fast food restaurants. Specifically, we ask how the supply of fast food affects the obesity rates of 3 million school children and the weight gain of over 3 million pregnant women. We find that among 9th grade children, a fast food restaurant within a tenth of a mile of a school is associated with at least a 5.2 percent increase in obesity rates.
“More than 70 percent of obese adolescents retain their overweight and obese condition even during their adulthood” (What Are Children Munching On?). Giving children not much of a choice but to consume these foods is setting them up for failure. Repeated lunches of this sort changes diets and can cause heart disease. These diseases may occur currently, under ones nose, or even further along in ones life like a silent sneak attack of sickness. Students need to be well rested and well focused to truly succeed in schools.