Obesity is an "excessive accumulation of body fat that results in individuals being at least 20% heavier than their ideal body weight. Overweight is defined as any weight in excess of the ideal range." (Fibkins, 2006)
What do you think are the contributing factors to childhood obesity?
As teachers we cannot influence all of the contributing factors to obesity but there are some that we can tackle in the classroom such as the teacher modeling healthy eating and placing an importance on physical activity.
ReplyDeleteWe could link your ideas, Louise, to Durie's Whare Tapawha model which highlights the importance of taking care of our spiritual-mental-physical-social well being. Teachers can take this model into account by teaching children and modeling the necessity of leading a balanced lifestyle.