A Teacher’s Guide To Preventing Childhood Obesity In School

 

Childhood obesity is an international crisis like the coronavirus. It’s not just a problem in India, but abroad. The problem starts early with children as young as two years old becoming obese or overweight. As parents, we are always searching for methods to keep our children healthy, wealthy, and wise.

On the other hand, teachers are the guiding light for children; whatever a teacher tells is copied and pasted in a child’s mind forever. In this blog, as Ideal Education Point (New Choudhary Public School), the Best Boarding School In Sanganer Jaipur will tell you how your school can get involved in preventing childhood obesity at an early age.

The issues that come free of cost with child obesity

Obesity in children is becoming a huge problem, with approx. 20% of teenagers being overweight or obese. Children’s average weight has also increased by 1.13 kg every ten years since the 1950s, with heights in the 1970s and 1990s. Therefore, body fat makes up a higher percentage in obese or overweight people than fit ones. Moreover, the risk factors in obese people are.

●       Juvenile Diabetes.

●       Heart Diseases.

●       Hypertension.

●       Fatty Liver.

●       Psychological Problems.

●       And, unfortunately, many more. 

The benefits of preventing early childhood obesity

You get these five benefits when you keep your children fit and active from an early age.

●       You won’t have to give your child painful obesity treatments or medication later.

●       Your children would have no fear of participating in activities such as sports and games.

●       You will also shield your child against the above-mentioned obesity-related diseases.

●       You will increase and improve your child’s self-respect, esteem and confidence.

●       Your child will lead a healthy lifestyle in the future, too, because habits at an early age stick with us forever.

Six ways for teachers to battle childhood obesity 24/7

These are the six ways that our teachers at Ideal Education Point (New Choudhary Public School), the top RBSE School In Jaipur, use every day on its students.

Teach healthy lifestyle habits

Like we mentioned before, teachers are the guiding light for children. Whatever a teacher says will stick in a child’s mind forever. Children follow teachers in everything, and we as teachers should set a healthy example in the classroom and outside.

Make healthy food more accessible

Cravings are a common thing for school-going children. In lunch children go to the canteen and buy whatever junk food is available, one or two is fine, but it tastes so good that children overeat it. Instead, schools should make healthy food available and more accessible.

Monitor healthy eating

Teachers should regularly monitor what the children are eating at school. This step will ensure that children are eating healthy and staying fit and active.

Make children do physical activities

Your child loves to be in a group with friends, more than alone in classrooms. Schools can take advantage of that and put children who like each other in a group to do physical tasks such as sports. It will also create an I will be fitter than others mindset in every child’s mind due to the competition that comes with sports.

Regular mandatory health checkups in schools

If daily health checkups are not possible, then weekly checkups are a must. This way, children will become alert and start working out to reduce weight. Health checkups can also tell if a child is underweight or overweight so that PHE teachers can act accordingly.

Educate children and parents about healthy lifestyle

A healthy lifestyle is what we lack these days. And when parents don’t care what’s happening, why on earth would children. So to ensure that children stay healthy, parents need a health class too, so why are children being involved here? Because just like your children listen to you, you also listen to your children.