Childhood Obesity
Childhood Obesity
For this assignment you will select, research and describe:
- a relevant health concern such as a communicable disease, a chronic health problem, or a special health issue or
- a relevant safety concern that affects children today such as the transporting of children, bicycle safety, lead paint in homes, etc. or
- a relevant nutritional concern that affects children’s health today
nutritional concern
Procedure:
- Choose a specific, relevant/valid health/safety/nutritional concern that you have of young children (conjunctivitis, head lice, asthma, lead poisoning, allergies, childhood obesity, food safety, toy safety, etc.) Your topic MUST BE APPROVED
- Do a thorough research of this specific topic by:
- developing a list of key words
- describing the particular health/safety/nutritional and its characteristic
- the causes, cures and preventions
- and any other important information to help your audience become better informed and better equipped to handle this concern in the classroom
- Describe what your audience can do to prevent or impede this
- Describe what cautions your audience and you would take and how you would help this child/children within the classroom as the early childhood teacher.
