School Health Guidelines

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School Health Guidelines
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• Tell me what you eat, and Ill tell you what
  you are
• Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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Facts

• Most of the students
• Double or triple size by the time they reach
  grade 8
• Eat junk food at least 3-4 times a week.
• Rarely or never perform regular exercises
• Spend between 3-4 hours daily watching TV or
  playing computer games

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• The school are the only institute that has
  intensive contact with the children
• The child spends more time at school than at
  home
• Schools are responsible to make the students
  aware of the dangers they are facing.

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• Many schools are cutting back or eliminating
  non-academic subjects in favor of teaching only
  assessed subjects.
• Educating the whole child involves addressing
  both the academic and the health needs of students

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Why Is It Important ?

• Being overweight or obese can affect on the
  academic attainment of the child.
• Obese children usually suffer from sleeping
  disorder, depression, lack of energy, headaches,
  and many other symptoms.
• Most students in poor health have difficulty
  learning.

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Long-Term Consequences

• Obese children have an 80 percent chance of
  becoming overweight or obese adults.
• Obesity in adulthood increases the risk of
  diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol,
  asthma, arthritis, and a general poor health
  status.

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What are the steps that schools could take?
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1- Enlighten The Students

• Constantly provoke and encourage the students to
  make healthy choices
• Develop awareness campaigns, presentations and
  morning assemblies

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2- Include Health Education Within the Taught
Curriculum

• Develop and maintain programs that teach the
  importance of nutrition and physical activity.
• Develop an integrated Health Curricula

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3- Limit The Students Choice at School to
Healthy Food Only

• High fat, high sugar food increases the intake of
  calories and causes weight gain
• Easy access to non-healthy food develop non
  healthy habits and increases obesity.

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• Limit the choices in the canteen to healthy
  low-fat and low salt food.
• Limit the portion sizes.
• Restrict the sweets and carbonated beverages

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4- Increase The Physical Activities

• Increase intramural activities and P.E. periods
• Increase the playground area
• Give the students a choice of interscholastic
  activities outside school hours.
• Consider opening a fitness club after school for
  both students and parents.

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5- Involve The Parents

• Parents should be a positive role model.
• Parents should understand the importance of
  exercise and healthy food in order to have an
  affective role in promoting healthy habits.

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Together Slowly We Can Make a Difference In
Preventing childhood obesity
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Thank You