CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Large Group Workshop for Parents
Large Group Workshop for Parents
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To conduct a large group workshop, ask members of the community to help out as facilitators and presenters. Use the following guidelines to build and arrange the workshop the way you want: Choose the subjects that you want covered during the workshop and provide the facilitators and presenters with guidelines and instructions. The presenters can do the research and put their own presentation together within the allowed time period. Include teenagers as presenters when possible.
Presenters may be nutritionists, doctors, personal trainers, community leaders, fitness experts, concerned parents, or people who have lost weight. Different presenters may cover different subjects.
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Subjects for Discussion:
* Childhood obesity, a cause for alarm
* Food facts, too many bad choices
* Statistics, Obesity across America
* Trends, Where are we headed?
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Presenter 1: To cover childhood obesity
* What is childhood obesity? Why should we be concerned? What causes obesity in children?
Presenter 2: To cover food facts and too many bad choices
*The average child needs how many healthy calories each day? The average child consumes how many unhealthy calories? What are healthy food choices? What are unhealthy food choices?
Presenter 3: To cover statistics, obesity across America and your state
*When did childhood obesity get to be a problem? What was it like ten years ago? What is it like now? What about obesity in adults?
Presenter 4: Trends: Where are we headed?
* What can we expect unless something is done to stop the problem? What is the outlook on our national health? How will obesity affect our healthcare system in the future?
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Narrator’s research guidelines: Subject + Solutions
Ask narrators to discuss a particular problem and offer a solution that parents and children can use immediately.
Presenter: Opening comments:
The diet of sedentary children is the same as that of sedentary adults. Adults, who adapt a sedentary lifestyle, generally do not teach their children to lead an active lifestyle. The children are likely to follow in the parents’ footsteps. It is easy for children to become accustomed to high calorie snacks containing high fat and sugar instead of fruit, sandwiches, or other healthy foods because snacks with fat and sugar taste much better. When kids eat snacks between meals, they get all of the calories they need before dinner. If they consume all of the calories they need in snacks, the calories in the healthy food they eat will be stored as fat.
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The best way to help children with weight problems is prevention and education. Don’t let children have excessive amounts of junk food and sugar, and keep them involved in physical activities. Make sure their fun activities are related to exercise rather than allowing them to sit in front of a television or computer. Also, teach them about nutrition.
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Note: While writing this book, I noticed many proud parents giving their three- and four-year-old children ice cream cones so big the children could hardly hold them with their little hands. I have noticed the same thing when parents give their children sodas and candy bars. When I see things like this, I think, “If they only knew!”
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Use the following topics for research and planning purposes:
Who is responsible for your child’s health?
Take the first step in managing your children’s diet and food choices.
Sometimes the parent has to be the bad guy and make the tough decision.
Learn how to say no-thank-you to sweets and excess fats.
What works in maintaining good health? What doesn’t work?
Negative Food Choices
Examples of Failure Regarding Negative food Choices
Positive Food Choices
Example of Success Regarding Positive Food Choices
How to stay on course after getting started
How to seek professional help
Join a support group
Exercise a minimum of twenty minutes each day
Presenter: Closing comments:
* What can overweight children expect as they get older if we don’t take care of them now?
Killing Children with Kindness (KCK)
Help Our Children Manage their Health for the Future
Workshop #2, Topics for Discussion
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Presenter 1:
* Diet and diet programs, how to make them work for your children and yourself.
* Fitness, and good health, how are they related
* Exercise: How to get started?
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Presenter 2:
* Food facts as related to allergies, illnesses, and behavior
* How to make good food choices
* Two stories of success
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Presenter 3: (An Overweight) A child may give this presentation.
* Hard facts about what to do to prevent obesity
* If your child is this age, weight, and height, what should you do to help the child maintain a healthy weigh and healthy lifestyle?
* Mom, it’s your responsibility to make the hard decisions for your children. Make healthy choices for them. Don’t be a pushover!
Presenters may be nutritionists, doctors, personal trainers, community leaders, fitness experts, concerned parents, or people who have lost weight. Different presenters may cover different subjects.
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Subjects for Discussion:
* Childhood obesity, a cause for alarm
* Food facts, too many bad choices
* Statistics, Obesity across America
* Trends, Where are we headed?
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Presenter 1: To cover childhood obesity
* What is childhood obesity? Why should we be concerned? What causes obesity in children?
Presenter 2: To cover food facts and too many bad choices
*The average child needs how many healthy calories each day? The average child consumes how many unhealthy calories? What are healthy food choices? What are unhealthy food choices?
Presenter 3: To cover statistics, obesity across America and your state
*When did childhood obesity get to be a problem? What was it like ten years ago? What is it like now? What about obesity in adults?
Presenter 4: Trends: Where are we headed?
* What can we expect unless something is done to stop the problem? What is the outlook on our national health? How will obesity affect our healthcare system in the future?
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Workshop #1, Topics for Discussion
===========================================Narrator’s research guidelines: Subject + Solutions
Ask narrators to discuss a particular problem and offer a solution that parents and children can use immediately.
Presenter: Opening comments:
The diet of sedentary children is the same as that of sedentary adults. Adults, who adapt a sedentary lifestyle, generally do not teach their children to lead an active lifestyle. The children are likely to follow in the parents’ footsteps. It is easy for children to become accustomed to high calorie snacks containing high fat and sugar instead of fruit, sandwiches, or other healthy foods because snacks with fat and sugar taste much better. When kids eat snacks between meals, they get all of the calories they need before dinner. If they consume all of the calories they need in snacks, the calories in the healthy food they eat will be stored as fat.
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The best way to help children with weight problems is prevention and education. Don’t let children have excessive amounts of junk food and sugar, and keep them involved in physical activities. Make sure their fun activities are related to exercise rather than allowing them to sit in front of a television or computer. Also, teach them about nutrition.
===========================================
Note: While writing this book, I noticed many proud parents giving their three- and four-year-old children ice cream cones so big the children could hardly hold them with their little hands. I have noticed the same thing when parents give their children sodas and candy bars. When I see things like this, I think, “If they only knew!”
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Use the following topics for research and planning purposes:
Who is responsible for your child’s health?
Take the first step in managing your children’s diet and food choices.
Sometimes the parent has to be the bad guy and make the tough decision.
Learn how to say no-thank-you to sweets and excess fats.
What works in maintaining good health? What doesn’t work?
Negative Food Choices
Examples of Failure Regarding Negative food Choices
Positive Food Choices
Example of Success Regarding Positive Food Choices
How to stay on course after getting started
How to seek professional help
Join a support group
Exercise a minimum of twenty minutes each day
Presenter: Closing comments:
* What can overweight children expect as they get older if we don’t take care of them now?
Killing Children with Kindness (KCK)
Help Our Children Manage their Health for the Future
Workshop #2, Topics for Discussion
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Presenter 1:
* Diet and diet programs, how to make them work for your children and yourself.
* Fitness, and good health, how are they related
* Exercise: How to get started?
===========================================
Presenter 2:
* Food facts as related to allergies, illnesses, and behavior
* How to make good food choices
* Two stories of success
===========================================
Presenter 3: (An Overweight) A child may give this presentation.
* Hard facts about what to do to prevent obesity
* If your child is this age, weight, and height, what should you do to help the child maintain a healthy weigh and healthy lifestyle?
* Mom, it’s your responsibility to make the hard decisions for your children. Make healthy choices for them. Don’t be a pushover!