Essay About Nutrition

pretty startling because as of 2015 the population is 321.4 million, it doesn't seem like a lot of people are hungry when you say that number but they are. I believe that we need to end hunger in America as soon as possible. If kids don't get the nutrition they need then they may do bad in school. It is a well known fact that we need vitamins from food to operate our bodies and if kids don’t get breakfast or lunch how well are they going to do in school. And with 13.1 million children not…

SNAP-ED includes a variety of professionals including regional and local educators which work to enhance program access, outreach, and effectiveness. Educators typically have a graduate degree in nutrition, public health or a related field. This allows many professional backgrounds such as dietitians to be a part of program planning and dissemination. Coordinating with other health care professionals is vital for continual enhancement of program and services. SNAP-ED provides education and…

School lunches have grown in size and calories, but decreased in nutrition. Many schools rely on high energy, yet low nutrient value foods to easily fill kids up. In 2010, the Obama administration decided to try and take charge of the growing issue. Policy Identification and Explanation Public Law 111-296, 124 STAT. 3183 is a law that funds child nutrition programs and free lunch programs in schools around the country, sets new nutrition standards for schools, and allocates $4.5 billion for…

from the health care team. It is important to monitor the success of the nutrition process to make sure it is working. This entails monitoring progress, measuring outcomes and evaluating outcomes. Outcome measures that are used are: food and nutrition related history outcomes; anthropometric outcomes; medical tests and procedure outcomes. Would also use nutrition focused and physical data as the outcome. Food and nutrition related history include his food and nutrient intake, medication use,…

deserts (Susie Quick). As a society, the number of food deserts needs to decrease because it leads to other health issues, such as obesity, and then can be solved by implementing a program that offers grants for mobile gardens, farmers markets and nutrition classes.…

bringing lunches from home but the foods they bring are poor choices. To help find a solution to this problem, a meeting should be held with the parents because it all starts from home and I want to educate them about nutrition and types of foods their kids should eat. I would develop a nutrition program and include the parents because at the end of the day they buy the groceries. “Children’s fruit consumption and vegetable consumption is higher when there are parents who eat more fruits and…

Kaplan is a bachelor in nutrition science joined with an ACE Fitness certification to become a personal trainer with the ability to guide my clients with their nutrition as well as physical fitness. I have learned a lot about myself and my goals so far and plan to acknowledge the basics of everything new I’ve come to understand. I am happy with the path that I chose and believe it is the right one for me. I have learned a lot about the degree program of bachelor in nutrition science and plan to…

The name of the policy that I am going to further explore is, The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (P.L 111-296) under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). The NSLP reauthorizes its program every five years and the latest policy update was the Healthy, Hungry-Free Kids Act of 2010. This policy authorized funding for federal school meal programs and increased access to healthy food for low-income children. This policy required the one that came before it,…

Still to this day I can’t see how anyone can compare fast food to home cooked meals. The benefits of having home cooked meals are enormous and it makes fast food look like a joke when it comes to nutrition, saving money, expanding your knowledge of food and spending time with family and loved ones. Nutrition is definitely a must to live a long healthy life, there is no argument there. However, if we stop and look at a restaurant or any fast food menu and read the ingredients, it is quite…

which result in food containing mostly processed food. I believe with the knowledge and understanding about the consequences of feeding our children processed food, we have a responsibility to provide our next generation with the best possible nutrition while in school. Even though the pathway to a healthy lifestyle starts at home, the educational facilities teaching our children, shares that responsibility as well. One small solution to the problem could…