Be A Fit Kid Research Paper
Be a Fit Kid is an educational programme for elementary school children. This programme was designed to include various different sections, that all have a health focus. Be a fit Kid includes a physical activity programme and an educational programme for heart healthy nutrition for the children. Parents are offered parent education lessons and given nutrition workbooks. Be a Fit kid is a ten week educational intervention.
American youth are at a risk for early chronic illness, including heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. This is causing a concern for health care professionals due to poor diet and lack of exercise. The research doesn’t favour American children with estimates that 25% of American children are at risk for heart disease and have …show more content…
The NHLBI report that a bare 2% of children meet the daily dietary guidelines (NHLBI, 1980 cited in Slawta and DeNeui, 2009). Be a Fit Kid was designed with the intentions of combating the lack of physical activity in American youth and educating children about dietary guidelines. Slawta and DeNeui included these sections into Be A Fit Kid after more reports stated that 84% of children exceed the recommendations for intake of saturated fat (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2001). Ogden et al, 2002 state that a tremendous one third of children are overweight and one in seven are obese (Slawta and DeNeui, 2009). With a worldwide increase in obesity and chronic illness related to weight problems not only in America, health care professionals and schools are working together to try reduce this …show more content…
The main focus was dietary guidelines that specialised in whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, low fat dietary foods and food high in omega three. The nutrition class used various materials to aid the children’s learning, example: workbooks, nutrition bingo, heart models and food displays. Each weeks there was a food tasting session, this reflected the information delivered during the class that week.
Parent Involvement: Each parent with children involved in the intervention received nutrition workbooks. All parents involved where invited to five bimonthly meetings. These meetings covered both nutrition and physical activity.
Fitness: Cardiovascular fitness was assessed by using the mile run test and timing the students both before and after the intervention, the number of sit ups a student could perform in a minute was also counted and recorded both before and after the intervention with both the control and intervention population.
Nutrition Knowledge and diet composition: A 20 question nutrition test was given to students, the tests content included; monounsaturated and omega 3 fats, vegetables, fruits, whole grains and lean protein foods. 24 hour food logs where used to record diet analysis. A yes/ no 10 question questionnaire was given to the parents of the participating children to record the change in eating habits made by their children throughout the
American youth are at a risk for early chronic illness, including heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. This is causing a concern for health care professionals due to poor diet and lack of exercise. The research doesn’t favour American children with estimates that 25% of American children are at risk for heart disease and have …show more content…
The NHLBI report that a bare 2% of children meet the daily dietary guidelines (NHLBI, 1980 cited in Slawta and DeNeui, 2009). Be a Fit Kid was designed with the intentions of combating the lack of physical activity in American youth and educating children about dietary guidelines. Slawta and DeNeui included these sections into Be A Fit Kid after more reports stated that 84% of children exceed the recommendations for intake of saturated fat (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2001). Ogden et al, 2002 state that a tremendous one third of children are overweight and one in seven are obese (Slawta and DeNeui, 2009). With a worldwide increase in obesity and chronic illness related to weight problems not only in America, health care professionals and schools are working together to try reduce this …show more content…
The main focus was dietary guidelines that specialised in whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, low fat dietary foods and food high in omega three. The nutrition class used various materials to aid the children’s learning, example: workbooks, nutrition bingo, heart models and food displays. Each weeks there was a food tasting session, this reflected the information delivered during the class that week.
Parent Involvement: Each parent with children involved in the intervention received nutrition workbooks. All parents involved where invited to five bimonthly meetings. These meetings covered both nutrition and physical activity.
Fitness: Cardiovascular fitness was assessed by using the mile run test and timing the students both before and after the intervention, the number of sit ups a student could perform in a minute was also counted and recorded both before and after the intervention with both the control and intervention population.
Nutrition Knowledge and diet composition: A 20 question nutrition test was given to students, the tests content included; monounsaturated and omega 3 fats, vegetables, fruits, whole grains and lean protein foods. 24 hour food logs where used to record diet analysis. A yes/ no 10 question questionnaire was given to the parents of the participating children to record the change in eating habits made by their children throughout the