How
will you address advocacy issues with professionals in your setting?
The approach about obesity and overweight that
I took to talk with other professionals was asking questions to them that
really concern me as working in the early childhood education field. I talk to
my colleagues and host teacher about how I had noticed that children in the
classroom are having difficulty to breath, walk, exercise, or just doing basic
daily things do to their weight. They also express their concern saying how
difficult is for children that are having obese or overweight problem to
socialize in the classroom with other peers, or concentrate, due well
academically, and more.
The way that I would address about the obesity
and overweight problem that we are facing with the students in the classroom is
bringing pamphlets about nutrition, physical activities, parents/school
involvement, and about obesity/overweight. Taking into consideration that not
to be direct when talking to the parents could be less offense that tell them
that their child is obese and they should eat better and do more exercise. In
addition, we should do more training that help parents to understand the
importance of well balance diet as a lifestyle, and the combination of
nutrition with physical activities. This training could involve hands on
activities like making meals and games that could promote physical activities.
How might you find out more about or possibly
become in involved with current advocacy programs in your setting?
The form that I found that I could be more
involved to advocate in my program is to foster more engaging activities in
children that motivate more to move in the classroom. In providing information
about the importance of a good nutrition and physical activity to prevent their
children in becoming obese or overweight. Talking to the parents the importance
of preventing obesity or overweight due to all the disease that poor weight
could bring to their child such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol,
sleep apnea, depression, anxiety, poor concentration, and much more. I think
that to raise awareness in the classroom is a small step but I am sure that is
a significant to provide a healthier tomorrow to our young children. Overall, I
should expand more obesity/overweight, nutrition, and physical awareness to the
lunchroom, other colleagues, and more parents at the school.
What
kind of difference would you like to make in your setting, your community, or
your field?
The difference that I would like to make in my
setting, community, and field is for them to understand the effects of been
obese and overweight could make in the growth of young children. Being obese or
overweight could affect the children physical/mental health, affect them to socialize,
affect them academically, and their overall growth. I want everyone to know
that a child that is healthy is a child that could accomplish anything and that
our job is to make sure that our children are learning healthy skill to conquer
the world.
