Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e8DIlRk20955; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:47:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:47:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <91.7effa3.26f12518@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Avlahakis@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:3145] Re: Children's nutrition X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.1 for Windows sub 34 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1178 Lines: 32 Dear Helen, I would encourage to you incorporate critical thinking and self assessment into any activities you do. Explore with parents WHY they make the food selections they do. I think you will find that many times their selections are as much due to stress, time, lifestyle, and depression issues, as they are to levels of nutrition knowledge or lack thereof. Media and advertising are responsible for many poor nutrition selections as well. Work with your students to uncover how companies market their unhealthy products to unsuspecting consumers- and their children. Another suggestion is to have your parents conduct experiments with different food choices. What happens when their children have certain healthy foods and snacks versus other not so healthy ones? What is the affect on children if parents eat healthier selections? What is the affect on the parents themselves? Good Luck! ********************* Alisa Vlahakis Povenmire Coordinator System for Adult Basic Education Support Northeast Regional Support Center Northern Essex Community College 45 Franklin Street Lawrence, MA 01840 w: 978-738-7304 f: 978-738-7115 avlahakis@aol.com
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