What Is The Effects Of Nutrition Affect Children And Young People

When considering the effects of nutrition and exercise on the child or young person the practitioners must take into account the child or young person’s background, culture and customs as the parents or guardians might live the lifestyle of being a vegan or vegetarian leading the child or young person to follow the lifestyle of their parents as they may not have the choice in what lifestyle they want. This leads to questions about if the child or young person is getting enough vitamins or minerals to help their physical development. As with these two lifestyle choices calcium and protein could be low as they are not consuming meats of dairy produce which can lead to the child or young person’s bone density becoming fragile if the family is …show more content…
If the child or young person has any additional needs it can hinder their physical development as they may be restricted to their movements or consumption of foods. The practitioners could create activities where the child or young person is included for example the practitioner could do an activity with hand eye coordination or dance where the child or young person can create different body movement and learn about how the muscles are used and how these activities build up muscles. Along with this the practitioner needs to consider the layout of the classroom or the area in which the activity will be taking place to allow the child or young person to move around freely without having any objects such as tables or chairs preventing their movement. The practitioner could make minor adaptations to fit the additional needs of the child or young person for example: they could lower tables with equipment that aids physical development or …show more content…
Biased on the ecological theory if the relationships in the direct microsystem break down, the child or young person will not have the tools necessary to explore other parts of their environment. Bronfenbrenner developed his theory biased upon children and the different relationships they have with the people around them. He made the ecological theory that has different influences on the child or young person these are Microsystem this is the immediate environment surrounding the child or young person, Mesosystem is the connections the child or young person has in the environment around the, Exosystem is the indirect environment, Macrosystem is the social and cultural values the child or young person might experience all these four of the system leads to the Chronosystem which is the changes the child or young person will make over time in their lives. The strengths of this theory is that it gives viewpoints for social work to evaluate transitional processes between the five systems Bronfenbrenner created and it allows practitioner to understand how the