Thursday, August 23, 2012
Blog 4: Enlisting and Providing Support
The resources and information I am seeking are questions related to about childhood obesity. Are you implementing ways to reduce childhood obesity in the classroom or in the weekly lesson plan? Do you have accurate websites that I can review? What strategies would you use to help families understand that childhood obesity is a health problem? Do you know any city or countries that are implementing a plan about childhood obesity in school?
The resources I have fond helpful and insightful about my advocacy plan are the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The reason I believe these two resources are helpful for my advocacy plan is because these organizations believe in making a difference in early childhood education. The Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) is an organization that is a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program. The mission of this program is to confront the childhood obesity epidemic by promoting healthy and active lifestyles for children throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. Since 2002 the consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children has built a vital, broad-based of thousands of participants and organizations. They have over 3,000 participants and they are representing over 1,200 organizations.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a part of the Smart School Snack a Comprehensive Preschool Education program. The Smart School Snack was design to inform early childhood teachers, children, and families about the foundation of healthy eating. The Smart School Snack learning environment includes establishing healthy independent eating habits, hand washing, appropriate food portion, social eating skills, self-monitoring and self-skill. The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) also follows the NAEYC Chicago -Nutritionized Lesson Plan which is the menu for the early childhood education. The menu includes breakfast, lunch, and snack. Each meal is measure according to the child age.
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It is important for parents to understand that childhood obesity is a health problem. At my center, we provide workshops and trainings for parents. It is conducted by a licensed nutritionist. The nutritionist gives parents information about making healthy choices when creating meals for their families. Also the center provides information about childhood obesity. A great website with helpful information is www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/lowincome.html
ReplyDeleteThank you for the website. I agree, and the center where I work also provides information about childhood obesity. The center also provides workshops in regards childhood obesity. We also have a weight plan every three months the family support worker comes in and weights each child. If the child is overweight the teachers monitor their food while she/he is in school.
ReplyDeleteI really think Head Starts Programs are doing well maintaining and trying to do something about childhood obesity. I think some of the parents or the majority of the parents don't realize that childhood obesity can cause many diseases therefore they still think that if a child is overweight is cute.