Practical Tools for Teaching Your Little One About Health &Nutrition.

Practical Tools for Teaching Your Little One

About Health &Nutrition

Major Reasons for Resistance to Change in Youth Nutrition

Habits Lack of positive role models

Lack of positive reinforcement in society

Numerous enforcers of unhealthy behaviors

( TV commercials, retail stores, vending machines, school cafeteria, etc ……)

Time notion different in kids and adolescents

Unhealthy habits difficult to change

Lack of knowledge about nutrition

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Major Reasons For Parental Resistance to Changing Youth Nutrition Habits

Own resistance to change unhealthy habits

Poor time management

Guilt

Lack of finances

Lack of knowledge


Motivators of Changing Nutrition Habits

Peer pressure

Extrinsec causes

Intrinsec causes ( rare)

Extrinsec causes

Intrinsec causes

Illness ( frequent & too late for many)

Youth Adults


Myths

Telling kids not to eat certain foods will work…

Telling parents to not let kids eat certain foods will work..

Educational sessions in school …

Healthy eating = being on a diet…

Healthy eating = never eating something good…


Possible strategies to engage youth in changing nutrition habits Find out if and why your youth wants to change

anything….

If they do, initially use their motivating reason even if it does not seem best motivator for us adults ( ex want to look like person X)

If they don’t, try to find out what other things motivate them and use those …( ex want o get money for video game)

Be a role model and show them

Engage their best friend/peer group to help them change


Tips for success

Start with small changes: one unhealthy meal per day or one type of unhealthy food!

Then move to another change while reinforcing first change!

Enforce consistency for at least one month for one small change to empower youth!

Give positive reinforcement NOT negative, as they do not work and can cause eating disorders


Helpful Tips

Healthy eating NOT “ dieting”

Food serving /portion control

Food pyramid

Let them construct own healthy menu


Choose My Plate

Ways to eat healthy and be healthy

Alternatives to lectures/seminars/flyers etc…to

engage youth

Go shopping with them to their neighborhood store…

Cook healthy Recipes together

Go eat in places with healthier choices in their neighborhood

Go to their favorite place to eat and show them portion control or how to mix and match from existing menu

Go to their school cafeteria and guide them what to eat


Why is Nutrition and Exercise Important?

At least 4 of the 10 leading causes of death in the U.S. — heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes — are directly related to the way we eat

The risk for developing these conditions starts in childhood


What is Good Nutrition?


No More Pyramid


Balance CaloriesEnergy In = Energy Out


How Much Physical Activity?


How Much TV time?


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Avoid Oversized Portions


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Childhood Obesity Facts

• Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years.

• The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2010. Similarly, the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to 18% over the same period

• In 2010, more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese.1

• Overweight is defined as having excess body weight for a particular height from fat, muscle, bone, water, or a combination of these factors.

• Obesity is defined as having excess body fat.

• Overweight and obesity are the result of “caloric imbalance”—too few calories expended for the amount of calories consumed—and are affected by various genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors.=


What is a Healthy Weight? Body Mass Index (BMI)


Food To Eat More Often


Make Half Your Plate Fruits and Vegetables

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Switch from Sugary Drinks to Water


Switch from Full Milk to Fat free or 2 %


Switch from “White” Bread to “Dark “ Bread/Rice/Pasta….


Foods to Eat Less Often


NO Vending Machines for 1 month…


Fun Recipes with Healthy Foods http://www.chopchopmag.org/magazine

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