Thursday, October 8, 2009
Nutrition Counts - Get Them Counting
According to statistics from Anne Collins' website annecollins.com, 25% of white children and 33% of African American children were overweight in 2001. With these kind of statistics, it is easy to see that American children are eating, but not correctly for good health. Physical education teachers should make it a priority to instruct their students how to eat in a healthy manner. There are tons of resources available, such as MyPyramid.gov, that have a wealth of information for healthy eating habits. I think it will be very important to make nutrition a part of my physical education curriculum when I get to that point. I want to not only teach my students great activities that will help them be healthy, but also teach them how to eat right for their lifetimes.
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