Thursday, December 10, 2009
Teaching Tots Healthy Habits
Preschoolers are like little sponges - immersion in knowledge by observing their parents and imitating other children and adults around them. It's great when adults can actually model positive behavior and entrench certain positive habits at that age. Never forget my niece Emily, three, and informed me that he would "never again", start the car until everyone is buckled up in their parents had done a great job of teaching this important safety information and had taken custom as their own. I bet when Emily finally turns sixteen and is itself in the driver's seat, which until then will be "Never Ever" start the machine before all deforms a. The following article in a preschool in New Jersey, which built its curriculum on nutrition education and development of a healthy diet and lifestyle. The Nutritional Sciences Preschool at Rutgers University considers that its program is interesting, teaching them good habits early, they feel these children will last for a good nutrition and healthy lifestyle. Reports on a study of New Zealand noted that the time watching television is the most accurate predictor of childhood obesity. This is certainly an intuitive, given that time spent watching TV means less time spent on activities that burn calories. However, the fact that the observation tube of false weight factors and parental socioeconomic class was a bit "surprising. Parents and children should take note of this innovative study and respond accordingly by reducing time TV viewing and their replacement by more rigorous activities.
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