Good Enough To Eat Book Summary

As a childcare provider I must ensure quality meals are served to children and that nutrition education is encouraged. I offer a variety of foods for our preschoolers and toddlers. Each meal has whole grain bread, a serving of vegetables, and a serving of fruit, with a meat or meat alternate, and milk is served with each meal. I believe that my menu meets all the requirement for a child’s nutritional needs according to the “National Standards for Child Nutrition Programs”

This artifact MyPlate lesson plan was one of the lesson plans I created to use for my Advanced Observation and Participation in Early Childhood/Primary Settings. This lesson falls under the content area of health and safety. Using the newest form of the nutritional chart MyPlate for this lesson plan. This this lesson plan the students would develop an understanding of the basis for healthy eating by using the MyPlate, by sort foods into their respective groups on the plate.

With all of these points being made from the factual information to the personal experience to the decoding of a healthy fast food meal we can see that this essay is indeed an effective argument that make the reader think and wonder about what they’re

Initially, children were malnourished during the post-World War II era. Now children are stuck trying to wedge themselves in between the door to a long, healthy life, which may be brutally cut short simply due to the way they ate in school. Eating habits and diets aren’t questioned by the children until they are faced with the decision of choosing the best nutrient filled option. Multiple choices, abundant in carbohydrates, proteins and good, natural fats surround a child, yet the child is an environment laced with advertising, thus alluring a child into picking fries instead of the mixed steam vegetables. Soon, children realize the chocolate taste better than the fruit, yet no child knows at the age of five that fruit doesn’t give its victims

Eating a well balanced meal is crucial for someone in their early childhood stage. During this time period, between the ages of two and six, a well-nourished child can grow up to three inches and gain up to four and a half pounds per year (Berger, 2010). Children at this age also need fewer calories per pound of body weight than infants do. Since children need less food than they did before and many do not diminish the intake of their food consumed, obesity becomes a problem. The article “Child and adolescent obesity: a part of a bigger picture” states, “The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has risen substantially worldwide in less than one generation” (Lobstein, 2015). Obesity is a main factor that is present and can lead to other diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. The article also states that, “The food industry has a special interest in targeting children. Not only can the companies influence children’s immediate dietary preferences, but they can also benefit from building taste preferences and brand loyalty early in life, which last into adulthood” (Lobstein, 2015). Once children are hooked on the foods they eat during their childhood, they tend to follow those habits as they grow up. Children in low-income families are vulnerable to obesity because they rely on cheap fast food.

The obesity epidemic here in the United States affects a mass portion of all children and adolescents. The rapid growth in childhood obesity has become a prevalent health concern that is overlooked due to its’ normality. The main focus of this issue has always been fixated on how to help those facing current problems with obesity. Instead, attention needs to be brought to the prevention of our country’s #1 leading health concern, which has yet to be compromised. This ignorance has led millions of children ill-educated on the importance of lifestyle and the simple concept that “we are what we eat”. The reality of this issue is not one many want to take responsibility for, but the significant impact education has on what children consume is greater than we may think. The lack of effort in our education system and the simple changes in the education we provide can significantly help reduce the obesity crisis we face. Our education career is one of the most influential aspects of all of our lives and though most of children’s time is spent in school, it lacks teaching the importance of food, the consequences of unhealthy diets and its’ little value on health as being part of our future success.

To touch on poor nutrition, research shows that almost one-third of U.S. children between the ages of four and nineteen eat fast food every day; this results in weight gain of approximately 6 extra pounds on a growing child each year (NACHRI, 2007). Fast food consumption has increased fivefold among children since 1970. Not only is fast food an issue, but when parents reward their children with sugary foods and/or use fruits and vegetables as a punishment, this may cause children’s views toward nutritious food to be negative. Some great educational tools that can be shared both in and out of the classroom are “The Food Guide Pyramid” and “My Plate.” Both show that appropriate number of serving of each food category. “My Plate” does a great job of even providing games, activity sheets, kid-friendly recipes, and physical activity tips to elementary aged children (My Plate, 2015). They also provide great resources for adults so parents and educators can practice what they preach and set good examples for children. Educating children on an what a healthy diet consists of and why it is important is probably the greatest preventative tool we can use to prevent obesity. As the famous saying goes, “knowledge is

Of all of the problems that dishearten children today, the one that bothers them the most is being unhealthy. Five out of six students from the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School agree that there should be a change in the schools' cafeteria foods; they came up with a solution to help kids be healthy. Unhealthy foods should be eliminated in schools for many reasons. First of all, kids concentrate better when they are healthy. Being healthy helps children to concentrate better because if they are healthy in the inside and the outside, they will not have to worry about their health or how they look. Secondly, having only healthy foods in school help parents to take good care of their kids. For instance, imagine a mom that is a seventh

According to National Heart Lung and Blood institute, in America, 1 in 6 kids are obese. Although obesity might not seem that much of a big deal, it is. Childhood obesity can lead to much worse health problems later in adulthood, such as higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension, and even cancer, among many chronic health issues all caused by obesity. Many kids get about half of their daily calories at school, and for some, school is where they get all of their daily calories. Since school plays such a big part in affecting the lives of many kids across America, special attention should be shown to nutrition. This can help kids with obesity, as well as kids that don’t have much food at home to eat and only rely on school food. For many poor kids, they don’t have a lot of healthy foods at home, because they can’t afford it. So, they rely on cheap school food for their vitamins and nutrients. Because cafeteria foods, like hamburgers or beef and cheese nachos, are highly processed and filled with unnecessary fat ,those kids that rely on school for food won’t get the nutrients and vitamins they need and will go home hungry. Since kids are growing up, it is especially important for them to get the right food they need to grow up healthy and strong, and in a place full of kids that are growing up, it is only right to provide them with good and healthy food that will allow the kids to grow up into healthy adults without obesity, malnourishment, or any kind of health

1. Kids will learn the importance of incorporating 5 servings of fruits and veggies daily; they will learn about the significance of “rainbow foods”

Childhood obesity is a growing problem in America. "the percentage of obese children doubling from 6.5% in 1980, to 17.0% in 2006. Weight, nutrition, and physical activity are the main components to a child’s overall health.”(1) “When parents become too busy to cook meals in their homes, children learn poor eating habits and develop into unhealthy eaters.”(1) They will take what they learned at home and apply it to anywhere else that they eat. For example a child that drinks milk at dinner and sits with their family at dinner when asked what they want to drink when they are at a friend’s home will ask for milk because the child would associate milk with dinner. Children cannot make healthy choices of their own they need to be guided so

First and foremost I have an affinity for the arts, I spend my leisure time painting on canvas. Not only do I love art on canvas, but I appreciate all forms of it. I have always admired the films produced by the Tribeca Film festival, and for the first time this year was able to attend a screening (The Family Fang). Year after year Tribeca has remained true to the art and continues to hold a variety of diverse films. The festival serves as a pillar to the arts and culture of New York. Lastly, I do my best work when I am passionate and connected to it. After pursuing my MBA I realized I do not want the typical wall street job, I want to be somewhere that I can bring my personality and creative ideas to the job. It would be an honor to continue

One out of three people in America suffer from obesity; they suffer from large amounts of fat stored and accumulated in their bodies causing them health issues such as gastritis, diabetes, high blood pressure and even cancer. Unhealthy and harmful foods for our bodies are at every corner; ads for fast food are at every road, and TV commercials are full of delicious looking burgers being advertised on a daily basis. It is almost inevitable not to harm one’s body with this unhealthy food everywhere we turn. However, it might be easier not to consume these types of foods if living a healthy lifestyle started with children. At a young age people should be taught and be informed on how to make responsible and healthy choices of what they consume.

"Fate is what you're given, destiny is what you make of it." When fate is given to you, it's how you take it that matters. When you are given wealth, do you use it wisely? When you are faced with a bad situation, do you continue to run away or take it on? Will you use your choices in vain, or for the good of everyone? Just know that your choices are yours, that if all goes wrong, the blame isn't placed on someone else. Know that you were the one who made the mistake. However, choose wisely and you may be adored. But fair warning, choices can change people, harden them, even kill ones they love. In the book The Pearl, a man named Kino is given great wealth. Its up to him to choose what to do with this wealth. His choices throughout the book change his life thoroughly, but are they affecting him negatively or positively?

The discovery of coffee had changed the cultivation and the way of trading in the civilisation. Although the origin of the coffee is not clear but for sure coffee is wide spread around the world and is loved by billions of coffee drinker. The difference in coffee varieties, geographical location, climates and agriculture practices across the world has brought different sensory qualities to the coffee. This is because the flavour of coffee begins early in the plantation stage where flavour precursor forms as the coffee berries develop and ripe. For example, caffeine, a nitrogenous compound that influence bitterness of a coffee is higher in Robusta than Arabica due to the adaptation of growing environment in the wild. (coffeechemistry.com,