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As a parent, you know what your child is eating daily at home.
However, you may not realized what he had been eating in school while he is on his own.
Do your homework
If you are a homemaker, now it is your job to help your child to make a decision, which or what food is healthy and nutritious.
Kids do not understand the nutrition value of food.
All they know is sweet , tasty and yummy food is good for them.
Wrong input data, wrong output data!
It is a challenging task that every parent has to take charge to be involve with what your child is eating in school.
Here are the tasks you should do:
News
Childhood obesity studies had been proven over the years that canteen junk food and fastfood had influenced greatly to innocent children.
Overweight kids had become overweight teens and adults because they could not control their unhealthy eating habits.
The risk of contracting cardiovascular diseases, cancer, obesity and diabetes type 2 had doubled over the years.
In USA, a study had proven that children at age 6 years old (pre-school year), facing severe obesity childhood had quadrupled which is almost 40% !
These obese pupils showed the below symptoms:
Conclusion
Hence, as a parent to my kids, as you are too, we should take action , not sit back and pretend nothing has happened.
Obesity childhood is a serious issue that should be taken in good hands.
We should not shove all the responsibilities to the school teachers in charge nor the canteen vendors.
Let us fight against childhood obesity at the initial stage.
Although it may take a lot of work and effort, we should think ahead of our children future and lead healthy lifestyle.
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Even when there was no food sold at all in our children's school, we found that teachers were rewarding good behaviour with candy and feeding children sweet snacks between meals. We also learned that children who were sent healthy lunches from home were getting unhealthy foods from peers or teachers and that teachers were even confusing children as to the nutritional value of certain foods.
I had one teacher who banned all chocolate flavoured foods from her classroom because she wanted to teach her students that chocolate is unhealthy. Of course, we know that chocolate actually contains healthy antioxidants. And I had also remarked that the teacher was allowing other, less healthy foods in her classroom while banning a chocolate pudding whose nutrition label proved it was (slightly) healthier than the butterscotch pudding that was permitted.
This was in a school that believed itself to be well informed on nutrition and that had access to licensed dietitians and nurses to provide nutritional counselling. Most teachers - especially those who thought to preach to parents - were teaching students bad eating habits in some way.
It's important not just to look at what's on the official menu, but to look at how teachers speak about nutrition in class and whether they use sugary foods as rewards. It's all too common these days, and teachers tend not to inform parents or ask for consent before giving our children food.
It is a concrete fact that children must be given good foods at school because children are the future of any country and the support of parents.
You're sitting in class and your stomach is starting to rumble. Finally, the bell rings and it's time for lunch — woo-hoo! After all that time in class, you deserve a chance to head to the cafeteria and sit down, relax, and enjoy the company of your friends over a lunchtime meal.
What is your favorite fruit to eat with lunch?
Banana
Apple
Pear
Strawberries
Grapes
Orange
Other:
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But wait a minute — what exactly are you eating?
More than at other meals, kids have a lot of control over what they eat for lunch at school. A kid can choose to eat the green beans or throw them out. A kid also can choose to eat an apple instead of an ice cream sandwich.
When choosing what to eat for lunch, making a healthy choice is really important. Here's why: Eating a variety of healthy foods gives you energy to do stuff, helps you grow the way you should, and can even keep you from getting sick.
Think of your school lunch as the fuel you put in your tank. If you choose the wrong kind of fuel, you might run out of energy before the day is over.
So what is the right kind of fuel? What does a healthy lunch look like? Unlike that killer question on your math test, there are many right answers to these questions.
It's a lunch just for you. If your favorite sandwich is peanut butter and banana, just make it and pack it — then you can eat it for lunch. Or maybe you love olives. Go ahead and pack them!
If you want to pack your lunch, you'll need some help from your parents. Talk to them about what you like to eat in your lunch so they can stock up on those foods. Parents might offer to pack your lunch for you. This is nice of them, but you may want to watch how they do it and ask if you can start making your lunches yourself. It's a way to show that you're growing up.