CHILDHOOD OBESITY DECREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY STARTS WITH SCHOOLS PROMOTING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HOW DO SCHOOLS PROMOTE A HEALTHY LIFE STYLE? o Encourage students to drink more water throughout the day. o Create or update a local school wellness policy. o Make sure students are eating fruits especially at breakfast, but lunch as well. o Recommending vegetables and fruit for lunch. o All elementary and high schools should get a salad bar that includes fresh fruit and vegetables. o Make physical activity fun for students by encouraging tag or games at recess/lunch. o For older kids in High School they should have to walk/run 2-3 miles a week. Studies predict that 57% of children will become obese by the time they’re in their mid 30’s

CHILDREN ARE AT SCHOOL FIVE DAYS OUT OF THE WEEK AND THEY NEED TO BE EATING HEALTHIER, MORE NUTRIONAL FOOD AND GETTING MORE PHYSCIAL ACTIVITY. WE UNDERSTAND NOT ALL FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO AFFORD A HEALTHY BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER FOR their CHILDREN, BUT THAT IS WHY SCHOOLS ARE HERE TO HELP!

Click here to find out why exercise is so important for children CHILDHOOD OBESITY is becoming a huge problem all over the world today and change needs to happen! S.M.A.R.T OBJECTIVES · The amount of physical activity children will perform at school as well as at home will be doubled by 2022. · By 2025, children will consume twice as much fruits and vegetables then they currently are. · By 2030, the obesity rate for children between the ages of 5-18 will be cut in half.

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