Nutrition in Elementary

SchoolsBy: Emily Brown

Points of My Paper

• If kids are not they given enough healthy choices in school, they could become obese or overweight

• States have begun putting regulations in place for a healthier school system and encouraging children to drink more water and eat healthier

• National School Lunch Program• Project Appleseed

Points Cont.

• Childhood obesity and overweightness leading to diseases, illnesses and affected well being.• One in 3 kids in todays world suffer from being

overweight or obese.

• Training teachers and school districts to provide a healthier school environment

Job Shadowing• For my job shadowing I shadowed

Michelle Owens. Mrs. Owens works for the Alliance for a Health Generation, a nationwide corporation founded in 2005 devoted to combating childhood obesity. Mrs. Owens is the student wellness director for AHG and travels across the country providing training and teaching assistance to school districts to provide a healthier school environment. With AHG supporting over 14,000 school systems, Mrs. Owens teaches both high school students and teachers to help educate younger children.

Job Shadowing • I shadowed my advisor, Mrs. Owens, at the Dare County Obesity

Task Force & School Cafeteria Meeting at the Outer Banks Hospital.• THE OBTF did a BMI data test of all Dare County Elementary School’s

Kindergarten and 3rd graders.• In male kindergartener's at Manteo Elementary Schools, weight varies

from 30 to 99 pounds.• In female Kindergartener's at MES, weight varies from 33 pounds to 64

pounds. • I also provided my input on Dare Unplugged week and how to get high

school students more involved.

• I also shadowed Mrs. Owens as she went to Tyrell County Elementary School and presented to the all the teachers in the Tyrell County district. She presented on how healthy they could asses their school was so they could make changes in school meals.

Service Learning My service learning took place at Mount

Olivet United Methodist Church helping out with the afterschool program. Each week,

my friend Mary V. and I would go and teach

them different lessons about the importance of eating healthy and

exercising among other things. The kids were all elementary school age and enjoyed the activities we did with

them about being healthy and nutrition.

Product • Scripted movie. • I employed the help of 2 first graders and 1

kindergartner to show the importance of eating healthy.