There is a crisis in education today and it;s not just about testing and test scores, it's about number all right: How much our students weigh and how high it their rate of diabetes. www.theRTC.net

1. Seven Facts about Childhood
Obesity
And Seven Things Teachers Can Do
About It!
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2. From the course: “Creating Health
and Balance in Today’s Classroom”
Course Design:
Traci Lengel and Mike Kuczala
PowerPoint: James Gilbert

3. Children and activity
• 1 in 4 children
gets at least 30
minutes of
physical activity a
day.
• 75% get less than
20 minutes of
vigorous activity
every day.
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4. Overweight children are prone
to negative psychosocial
effects
such as isolation
and depression.
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5. 9 million children
ages 6 – 19
are considered overweight.
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6. Over the past 20
years, incidence of
being overweight has
nearly tripled among
adolescents.
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7. From the Center for Disease Control
. . .
• 1 out of 3 children born in the
year 2000 in America will
develop diabetes
• 1 out of 2 Black or Hispanic
children will develop diabetes!
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8. Every Teacher as a Teacher of
Supportive Nutrition
1. Be a role model! (Kids may not listen to what
we say, but they never fail to imitate us.)
2. Educational Brochures for Parents
3. Guidelines for healthy snacks and parties
4. Lesson plans based on supportive nutrition
5. Year-long center with changing curriculum dealing with
nutrition (a place where students can go to learn about
food when they have completed in-class assignments,
etc.)
6. Decorate wall space with nutrition information (posters,
bulletin boards, etc.)
7. Have a nutrition discussion with parents on “Back to
School Night” or “Open House.”
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