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 e8E0qQk02813; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:52:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:52:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <b4.aaeb3fb.26f17a80@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: DrKSelby@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:3150] Re: Children's nutrition X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 113 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1615 Lines: 28 This is a timely subject for me as a parent who is trying to get herself and her child refocused on healthy living. I think that if I were in your class I would really appreciate your approaching this issue as a simple economic process. Compare the cost of different kinds of food choices in terms of money, time spent, and health outcomes. If your students live in the United States, watch any television, and buy from American grocery stores, everything that you are tempted to preach they already know. So, get them thinking about the issue from another angle. Get them thinking about the impact of their choices in terms of what the opportunity costs/benefits and tradeoffs are. For example, while the pop may seem like a right choice sweet and delicious, it is also increasing tooth decay and chances of contracting diabetes. Pop also strikes people as a quick pick me up, but with a little planning fresh fruit and water can become their child's favorite midday snack. The other thing is that if you are dealing with a fairly poor population, nothing changes peoples perspective like authentic examples and samples. Bring in different food choices for snacks that illustrate the healthy lifestyle you are trying to promote and see if you can get a local grocery store to give you enough of the samples that students can take some home (my mother who is a teacher can always get her local green grocery to donate large boxes of fruit to her school so it does happen). Dr. Karen Selby, Chair Department of Education Kalamazoo College 1200 Academy Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (616)337-7033
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