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I'm passionate about

Preventing obesity, depression, and lifestyle driven conditions in the next generation. Giving children and young people the tools to make effective wellness choices.

An idea worth spreading

Children innately are motivated and aware of the importance in eating healthy foods, being active, and being kind, caring citizens. Slowly, as food manufacturers, peers, lifestyle choices, and parents influence the choices of young children, they lose the ability to know what to do and why it is important.

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How I can help you educate your group on comprehensive wellness.

People don't know that I'm good at

public speaking and connecting with teens and young people

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  A reply on Conversation: Whose responsibility is it to educate our young people on healthy eating, physical activity, and positive self esteem?

  Nov 9 2011: Hi Jerry - I will e-mail you a private message re: my program. Thanks for the inquiry

• A reply on Conversation: Whose responsibility is it to educate our young people on healthy eating, physical activity, and positive self esteem?

  Nov 4 2011: Hi Marien
  
  Thank you for that insight. Teachers are not equipped to identify children who are obese - it should come from the primary health care practitioners; however, teachers can definitely identify which children are not eating an overall healthy dietary pattern. They see what the children bring for lunch and two snacks each day. It is valuable if teachers can then offer some nutrition education to the entire class to encourage the student body to choose healthier foods more often.

• A comment on Conversation: Whose responsibility is it to educate our young people on healthy eating, physical activity, and positive self esteem?

  Oct 29 2011: The resounding majority thinks that parents are the main source of information for children with regards to healthy eating. What do you think are the top three key messages that parents should teacher their children today to change the course of their children's dietary patterns and, ultimately, wellness?

• A reply on Conversation: Whose responsibility is it to educate our young people on healthy eating, physical activity, and positive self esteem?

  Oct 28 2011: Great addition to the conversation!!!! I agree with you completely and appreciate your insight!!

• A comment on Conversation: Whose responsibility is it to educate our young people on healthy eating, physical activity, and positive self esteem?

  Oct 27 2011: Some of the conversations on this forum are the perfect example of how parents and caregivers could easily get distracted from how to model and teach their children what a balanced, healthy dietary pattern looks like. With so many well read people who are passionate about nutrition and exercise, it is no wonder the diet industry is a multi-billion dollar machine. Unfortunately, the information that gets pumped out of the next "fad" diet plan does nothing to teach children about how to make wholesome, balanced choices.

• A reply on Conversation: Whose responsibility is it to educate our young people on healthy eating, physical activity, and positive self esteem?

  Oct 26 2011: Remember that micronutrients play a very important part in wellness, recovery, and fitness levels - not just the macro.
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  A reply on Conversation: Whose responsibility is it to educate our young people on healthy eating, physical activity, and positive self esteem?

  Oct 26 2011: Thank you Colin - I agree that the education needs to be introduced in the primary schools but reinforced and supported in middle and secondary schools. Really a division wide initiative.

• A reply on Conversation: Whose responsibility is it to educate our young people on healthy eating, physical activity, and positive self esteem?

  Oct 26 2011: I have read about this myself. Tragic!

• A reply on Conversation: Whose responsibility is it to educate our young people on healthy eating, physical activity, and positive self esteem?

  Oct 26 2011: It takes a village they say.... but what if there are too many varying voices in the village - who do the children listen to? Parents serve packaged food and fast food for dinner, teacher says to eat 3 servings of fruit a day, food manufacturers tell us that Fruit O's are part of a "nutritious" breakfast.

• A reply on Conversation: Whose responsibility is it to educate our young people on healthy eating, physical activity, and positive self esteem?

  Oct 26 2011: Thank you Jim for your insight. I agree with your sentiment. Who is responsible for educating the parents about healthy eating, physical activity, and positive self-esteem? How much more information do adults need enhanced access to before they start turning this obesity, heart disease, diabetic ship around, not only in themselves, but in the next generation?