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I am not sure if the person heard a caricature of the program, but it focused on exercise, healthy diets, reduction of empty calories like soda, and public poli
by addicted 8y ago
I am not sure if the person heard a caricature of the program, but it focused on exercise, healthy diets, reduction of empty calories like soda, and public policy efforts such as introducing healthy meals to school.
As an example, here is a PDF with 5 ideas for kids:
https://letsmove.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/letsmove.gov/files/pdfs/TAKE_ACTION_KIDS.pdf https://letsmove.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/letsmove...
1) Exercise
2) Try new fruits and veggies
3) Deink plenty of water
4) Break up TV time with jumping jacks
5) Help make dinner.
Those are headlines, but when you look st the details for exercise, for example, these are the benefits it points to, in order:
Feel less stressed.
• Feel better about yourself.
• Feel more ready to learn in school.
• Keep a healthy weight. 1 • Build and keep healthy bones, muscles and joints.
• sleep better at night.
Only the 4th out of 6 benefits of exercise mentions weight.
- Jtsummers 8y agoOne of the things I hadn't thought of until now was that I heard of the program as an adult. So everything in it "made sense" to me, but I didn't have any stake in it and, well, I was an adult. Children don't have the same "big picture" view. They're not going to perceive it the same way. And facilitators have to take that into consideration. All those benefits of exercising are correct. But if the facilitator emphasizes the weight part, then that's what the kids will hold onto as well. If the facilitator doesn't emphasize the diet part (or only emphasizes eating healthy with fruits, vegetables and things, but not portion control), then kids will get only part of the message.