The Plan
This plan is to educate parents and children on the dangers of childhood obesity.
1. Define the specific problem
This plan is to educate as many patients and their families as possible in regards of childhood obesity. Childhood obesity is becoming a major problem is this country. We need to educate our children the dangers of obesity. Parents will need to educate their children and themselves the importance of eating healthy.
2. The population to be consider for this plan
Childhood Obesity is a major problem that concerns everybody. This plan would benefit our children; we will invite overweight as well as normal weight patients. This plan is to educate children and their parents in regards to …show more content…
On anti-smoking campaigns they talk about second hand smoke. Example, if an adult is smoking and children are around is the same as if they were smoking. With childhood obesity is the same thing parents need to provide what they want their children to eat. If parents are eating donuts of course, as a child you will love to eat a donut. Some other resources we can do anti-obesity campaigns, video, print aids, radio aids and other as is seen in “Health Care Professionals: Help Your Patients Quit Smoking” by Center for Disease Control. We can do an assessment as seen in “Reducing Tobacco Use in Adolescents” by Irene M. Rosen but with questions in regards to childhood obesity. We can verify what children and adults are consuming daily. We can prepare flyers with obesity information, healthy recipes and appropriate …show more content…
All this service can be provided to parents and children in the evenings and give them the opportunity for children to get off school and parents to get off work. We have to make things fun; so children don’t get bored so they can feel more encourage doing these activities. As parents instead of watching TV, we need to encourage our kids to do more physical activities, sign them up to a baseball team; go play soccer with them. Take the dogs for a walk or just simply go for a walk to the beach. There are plenty more fun physical activities to do swimming, going for a bike ride. Basically find activities that you see your children