Healthy Children - How Parents, Teachers Community Can Help to Prevent Obesity in

Informationen zum Autor Smita Guha is a professor in the teacher education field at St. John’s University. She is involved in research in the area of mathematics and science teaching. Klappentext Obesity among children is a national and international concern. The focus of this book is to provide evidence-based strategies to assist parents and educators to foster healthy weight gain in children. This book will empower children to be active agents of their own health behavior change. Zusammenfassung Obesity among children is a national and international concern. The focus of this book is to provide evidence-based strategies to assist parents and educators to foster healthy weight gain in children. This book will empower children to be active agents of their own health behavior change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Motivating and engaging children to be active agents of health behavior Chapter 2: Nutrition education unit Chapter 3: Importance of physical exercise Chapter 4: Social and emotional challenges for children with health issues Chapter 5: Role of parents and family in providing nutrition education for their children Chapter 6: Involvement of the community in promoting healthy development for the children Chapter 7: Strategies to work collaboratively to prevent obesity epidemic Appendix A: Workshop programs Appendix B: Lessons across curriculum

Product details

• Authors: Smita Guha, Guha Smita
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2017
• EAN: 9781475826654
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-2665-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Parent Participation, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / School Age, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition, Diets & dieting, Family & relationships, Organization & management of education, teacher training, Family & relationships: advice & issues, Educational administration & organization, eating habits;food;health, eating habits; food; health