Essay On Obesity In Schools

Childhood obesity is a big problem for students. It can hurt the students’ self-esteem and ruin their classroom experience. Childhood obesity has become a major problem in many school systems. This is something that can affect the students grades and classroom participation. Childhood obesity can also cause bullying. Students that are being bullied are more likely to be depressed or have anxiety. It is very important for parents and teachers to work together and get involved with preventing childhood obesity, because it is hard for a student to deal with bullying without support from their parents and teachers.

There are many ways for teachers, parents and school staff to help prevent childhood obesity and help children who are dealing with obesity. When I was thinking of a project to do for my Girl Scout Gold Award I wanted the project to be about helping students. It is important for students to stay active and I wanted to help students at a …show more content…
If nobody teaches children how to take care of their bodies they can run into big problems in the future. “Both the short term and long term effects of overweight on health are of concern because of the negative psychological and health consequences in childhood”. The negative psychological effects are depressive symptoms, poor body Image, low self-esteem, risk for eating disorders and Behavior and Learning Problems. All of these problems children with obesity have to face will effect their performance in school. How can schools and teacher expect their students to strive if they have these problems holding them back. And these problems are more likely to continue in the future as they become adults. Schools and teachers are able to spread the awareness of childhood obesity and take action. They can help their community for the better and help the students