Nutrient deficiencies and health implications are part of my evaluation. Also, a comparison to the USDA food guide and my opinion of this fad diet are included in the review of The Baby Food Diet. Created by celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, The Baby Food Diet one of the latest weight loss fad promising to curb cravings, allow eating on the run, and lose weight quickly. The diet incorporates small jars of baby food into a daily menu plan. A person can eat a few jars a day as a snack, or to replace one to two meals as a way to control calorie intake.
Macintyre et al found that the media have a major impact both on what people eat and also their attitudes to certain foods. However, researchers also state that many eating behaviours are limited by personal circumstances. Thus, people appear to learn from the media about healthy eating but must place this information within the broader context of their lives. Studies between parental modelling/social learning theory have been supported by Birch and Fisher in his study of mothers and daughters. They found that the best predictors of the daughters eating behaviour were the mothers dietary restraint and their perception of the risks of the daughters becoming overweight.
You cannot expect someone to do something that you can’t do for yourself. (Mayo 2012)As far as eating healthy the physicians recommend eating 5 fruits and vegetables a day, eating lots of calcium and foods high in fiber, cutting out sugar beverages, switching to low fat dairy products. It is also very important for families to eat together and if possible prepare the meals
Regulation: Fresh fruit and vegetable program (FFVP) Agency: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA Action: Proposed rule Deadline for public comment: April 24, 2012 Proposal description: The Food and Nutrition Service is proposing changes to guidelines to National School Lunch Program. This change interests me, as I am a dietician and educating children to make smart food choices, helps the develop healthy eating habits in the future. FFVP increases availability of fresh produce to elementary schools, where at least 50% of students are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals. This regulation would set basic administrative and operational requirements in conformance with Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Program. Comment: I would like to submit my comment on the proposed rule related to changes in National School Lunch Program.
TO: Boyertown Area School District FROM: DATE: April 12, 2009 RE: A Proposal to bring more health-conscious meal choices to each schools menu PURPOSE We Propose a cost-effective solution to a nation-wide problem at the school age level of Unhealthy Lunch choices. There has been an increase in: Child-hood obesity, mal nutricion, heart disease, and diabetes. We would like to propose a healthy food and beverage service to your school district. We would not only provide for your students but also your valued teachers as well. Our facility is prepared to work with your establishment to create the most healthful lunches for your faculty and students.
Proper nutrition starts at home and parents need to learn how they can improve the quality of their children’s nutrition and instill the good habits that will ensure they have the greatest chance for a healthy, successful future. We all want our children to grow up happy and healthy, but we also have busy life-styles and find it all too easy to hit the drive-through before soccer practice or toast a pop-tart to eat on the way to school. We know our kids have access to school lunch, but we can’t always rely on that to be as healthy as we’d like it to be, and we really can’t guarantee that they will eat it. There are so many ads for junk food and fast food and sugary, chemical laden sodas out there, it can be hard to keep kids eating healthy. Children’s bodies are still growing and their brains are still developing, so it is critical that we make sure they are getting the nutrition that they need and develop healthy habits now.
America has increased in childhood obesity. By minimizing fast foods restaurants such as McDonald’s, Burger King and Taco Bell and enforcing physical activity on a day to day basis such as running and working out, obesity can come to an end. Decreasing childhood obesity means providing a healthier life style for kids, whether food wise or physically active. Providing is giving, maintaining and making life genetically and environmentally better for children. Children in America have bad habits and food choices, which are influenced by their parents hereditarily and environmentally such as my little cousin Grecia.
• Tobacco Policy Plan details projects. % of children consuming 5 portions of fruit and veg a day • Hungry for Activity project run by the PCT and funded by WCF aims to increase fruit & veg consumption in order to address obesity. • Support and increase Healthy Schools standard. • School Food Co-ordinator to be appointed. • Fresh Family Project run via Walsall Catering Service to increase healthy option choices.
Our kids deserve to be taught to truly enjoy eating healthy amounts of healthful foods, and to enjoy, to revel in, active play – preferably before the bad habits even start. Elias Zerhouni, MD (2005), director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had this to say: We need to act now to prevent obesity in our children. Obesity is a high priority at NIH. This year, we will spend about $440 million on a range of research on this important problem. Dr. Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD (2005), professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University agrees: You can raise a child to enjoy healthy eating and to be selective about food choices.
The easy way out to being healthy and eating right for ones body, fast food has plagued the nation especially with diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and even strokes or heart attacks. A question is now posed of whether or not fast foods should be fed to children, in substitute of their regular lunches at school. These kids are what seem like innocent victims because of their naivety towards the real problems with fast food. The problems with this quick fix in school cafeterias are that students would become obese, they would develop bad habits, and that the school would be advertising for these companies. “More than 70 percent of obese adolescents retain their overweight and obese condition even during their adulthood” (What Are Children Munching On?).