Childhood Obesity Reflection Paper

My personal view regarding the policy is that one of the key reasons for the enactment of this policy is that kids will grow and develop to become healthy adults. This is a bi- partisan legislation and the USDA has ruled out regulations with regards to food choices and caloric intake ensuring that meals served to kids will be healthy nutritious and portioned sizes to age requirements. For these and all other reasons discussed it is evident that there have been developmental issues with relations to the becoming adults, choices that are being made and the devastating effects of not paying attention to chronological age, needs at the time and the effects of lack of needs being met in growth, human development, mental development, psychological development, social development and moral development. Children will be given a better opportunity to education which will affect their growth and development.
This policy has positively impacted children and families. …show more content…
Schools have the power to regulate what the child eats so even if this is not been done in the home, this is a start for the child and it is with the hope that the child will educate those at home with what they are being taught.
Health issues such as childhood obesity and diabetes can be eliminated by teaching the child about food and how it should be perceived. They will grow up making better food choices as they are made more aware and a child will live what they learn. Education is the key to implementing change and education begins as early as a child can receive the information in a way that they can understand. This policy is in effect in my immediate setting at work, our meal program is run by CACFP. This program first meets the needs of low-income families and families suffering from various disparities that are health risks