Analysis Of Raising Healthy Children: National Public Health

My name is Shankar Pattabhiraman, and I am an incoming senior at New Albany High School. I will be graduating in June of 2016, and I am thinking of pursuing a chemical or biomedical engineering major in college, or possibly biochemistry or neuroscience. My career goal is to become a physician, or perhaps a physician scientist. I am especially interested in neurology-related fields, and this interest has been reinforced in several ways: participating in the 2015 National Brain Bee Championships competition in Baltimore, MD, volunteering at Riverside Methodist Hospital in the Neurocritical Care Unit and the Stroke and Brain Center, and helping Tony Hall and his friends who suffer from neurological disorders and diseases. I chose to study ischemic strokes because I am interested in neuropathology, both clinically and through research. In addition, through my volunteering at RMH, I have worked with patients who have suffered from strokes, and while the symptoms’ onset is sudden, the events leading up to the stroke are long-term but rarely treatable.

“The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake” a quote made by the First Lady, Michelle Obama, as she launches her comprehensive initiative to change the way children think about nutrition and physical fitness (“Learn the Facts,” 2010). Three decades ago, children lived active lives that kept them healthier. They walked to and from school, ate home cooked, reasonable portion meals with vegetables and played outdoors most of the time. Today, children ride the bus instead of walk, eat more fast food and snacks throughout the day because parents are busier, and watch more television or play video games rather than be active outside with peers (“Learn the Facts,” 2010). Young children are becoming overweight and obese along with being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes more frequently. They are making poor dietary choices, inadequate physical activity, and spending too much screen time all contributing to the obesity crisis. One of the effective solutions to reversing the trend of childhood obesity is to provide safe, affordable and accessible after-school health and physical fitness educational programs for all school ages across the nation.

Childhood obesity is a major cause for concern within the United States. This is mainly due to children not getting the require nutrition that they need. Although study show that there is a decrease in obesity in children, it still remains at an all-time high. Children are failing to eat as healthy as they should, and it has become an even bigger problem now that they aren’t getting the require amount of food in their diets. The USDA made a decision a couple of years ago to reduce the amount of food given to children while they are at school. This hurts them tremendously, because the majority of the food they eat comes from being at school all day. The other half lies on the parents when they go home and eat dinner. It is very important for children to eat healthy and eat the required amount of food according to various dietary guidelines. First Lady Michelle Obama has started a new campaign to help kids and parents combat obesity in children. One thing that the campaign has placed emphases on is getting healthier food within school. Although they are getting healthier foods in school they are beginning to change the proportion they are giving students. Through the First Lady’s Let’s Move campaign students should be giving healthier foods and also be allowed to have the correct proportion to help them maintain a healthy diet.

Cooper explains why health issues amongst young individuals are growing over the years, as well as mentioning in a very simple sentence who is responsible for this. Corporations that have the power to educate people and dictate what is allowed to offer at public schools have chosen not to. Children are growing up and thinking that the frozen, then fried or microwaved food they see at school is a normal and adequate meal. It can get hard to teach them this is not right when their parents and care takers are not educated in the matter either. This is why we see a

The Healthy Child Programme (Rudolf, 2009) aims to provide guidance and practical direction in a strategy to reduce the risks of obesity for babies, toddlers and preschool children. For action are outlined that have the potential to encourage the development of lifelong healthy lifestyle and reduce the risk of obesity. The case for intervening in the very early years to prevent obesity is compelling. Its rationale is based on epidemiological studies that point to the high prevalence of obesity on starting school, the link between infant weight gain and later obesity, and tracking of obesity into adult life. Evidence from other sources highlights how lifestyle choice-both food preferences and physical activity - have their roots in the very

According to National Heart Lung and Blood institute, in America, 1 in 6 kids are obese. Although obesity might not seem that much of a big deal, it is. Childhood obesity can lead to much worse health problems later in adulthood, such as higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension, and even cancer, among many chronic health issues all caused by obesity. Many kids get about half of their daily calories at school, and for some, school is where they get all of their daily calories. Since school plays such a big part in affecting the lives of many kids across America, special attention should be shown to nutrition. This can help kids with obesity, as well as kids that don’t have much food at home to eat and only rely on school food. For many poor kids, they don’t have a lot of healthy foods at home, because they can’t afford it. So, they rely on cheap school food for their vitamins and nutrients. Because cafeteria foods, like hamburgers or beef and cheese nachos, are highly processed and filled with unnecessary fat ,those kids that rely on school for food won’t get the nutrients and vitamins they need and will go home hungry. Since kids are growing up, it is especially important for them to get the right food they need to grow up healthy and strong, and in a place full of kids that are growing up, it is only right to provide them with good and healthy food that will allow the kids to grow up into healthy adults without obesity, malnourishment, or any kind of health

Safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare covers a number of different responsibilities including protecting children from abuse, preventing damage of children’s health or development, making sure that children are growing up in an environment that is safe and effective and allowing children to reach their full potential and to enter adulthood successfully. Having that high understanding of safeguarding is essential because it enables all the practitioners to protect children from harm.

Ever since the Healthy Kids Act invaded school cafeterias across America the overall response from students was far from positive. What if I told you the new healthy school lunches were for the better as well? You’d probably think I’m crazy. I’m sure we all miss the big cinnamon rolls and greasy foods when used to get before the Healthy Kids Act. What we don’t realize is how those foods were effecting our youth. The healthy kids act was designed to stop childhood obesity, help kids learn to eat healthy, and also provide a better future for the Youth of America.

Of all of the problems that dishearten children today, the one that bothers them the most is being unhealthy. Five out of six students from the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School agree that there should be a change in the schools' cafeteria foods; they came up with a solution to help kids be healthy. Unhealthy foods should be eliminated in schools for many reasons. First of all, kids concentrate better when they are healthy. Being healthy helps children to concentrate better because if they are healthy in the inside and the outside, they will not have to worry about their health or how they look. Secondly, having only healthy foods in school help parents to take good care of their kids. For instance, imagine a mom that is a seventh

Summary. This campaign is to highlight the importance of a national movement designed to give parents, caregivers, and entire communities a way to help children stay at a healthy weight. The We Can! National education program offers parents and caregivers with implements, fun activities, and more to help them encourage healthy eating, enlarge physical activity, and decreased time sitting in front of the screen in their family. This campaign is aimed to bring awareness to families to the benefits of helping young children become healthier.

By providing students with those types of options and really interacting with them and showing them, they could be open to trying those activities.

Healthy child development was identified by Public Health Agency of Canada and WHO as a powerful SDoH of lifelong health and well-being (EDI, 2014). The upstream approach involves the biggest number of participants that adds to a maximal health promotion and awareness of the community about the early years problems. Therefore, I have chosen the recommendation number 3 from my recommendations’ list. The policy which Maternal and Child division is revising and updating is called: “Red Flags: Quick Reference Guide for Early Years Professionals in York Region”. The policy provides the information which increases awareness of children’s educators on how to address early problems in various developmental domains such as motors, sensory, speech and literacy, behaviors, nutrition, and special needs’ domains such as learning disabilities, autism, and others. Since children in their early years

1. What factors influence wellness with children and why are these influences important for teachers to understand?

From these studies one can see the variety of ways in which SES affects adult health, thus there is sufficient evidence to warrant a closer examination of how SES shapes early childhood health. Lower birth rates and higher infant mortality rates on average are associated with children from a lower SES background (Anderson 1995). The latter leading to 60% of all infant deaths in the first months of their lives. In fact, children with lower SES backgrounds, have been found to have reported higher levels of lead poisoning, vision problems, and hearing loss, in adolescence (Anderson 1995). In addition, mental retardation, learning disorders, and emotional/behavioral problems occur in greater frequency

Furthermore, in our current society, children are being limited to the access to the clean outside world. They choose to remain inside on the computer, rather than having a childhood playing with friends outside and are suffering physically. With fast food industries taking over, children have no way to work off the pounds of grease and fat they consume. According to the American Heart Association, “...