evidence which describes the role of the practitioner in working towards a health lifestyle and environment for children The role of a practitioner is vast. To be able to promote children a healthy life style and environment there are number of aspects that need to be met such as; * Routines * Circle time * Posters around the school (for example posters that promote healthy eating and exercise) * Environment * Indoor and outdoor activities Because children are growing it is important
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Unit 6 Promoting a Healthy Environment for Children E1) Practitioners can work on promoting and maintain a healthy lifestyle and environment by: ∑Allowing children to have a balanced diet‚ this can be done by encouraging children to eat their five-a-day. By reading books and poems that they can join into‚ this will help children to remember the importance of having a balanced diet. By having fruit and vegetables provided for the children in school‚ helps them to eat at least on piece a day. The
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PERD 6 – Task 2 Promoting a healthy environment for children P6.5 When planning my involvement in serving up lunch I didn’t need any parental consent but I did however‚ need permission from the staff in my setting as students don’t have any involvement with preparing food‚ only feeding the children. Before I began preparing the child’s lunch I ensured that I followed the placement policy which state that before meals “”all tables used during mealtimes were cleaned before the children could
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Maintaining a Healthy Body There are many theories and definitions to what a Healthy Body is. Health can be defined in terms of the absence of disease‚ which can be described as a negative approach to health (1). However another definition is that health are a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease (2). Each individual body is different therefore it can be difficult to perceive if they are healthy. By looking at a person you can see
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energy to function it then starts to store excess calories as fat. 5 Being overweight or obese the body is prone to high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ heart disease‚ types of cancer‚ stroke and diabetes type 2. 6 To prevent the body from having excess fat it needs to have a healthy diet. To have a balanced diet the body needs the right amount of carbohydrates‚ protein‚ fat‚ fibre and also plenty of vitamins and minerals. 7 The body needs to eat plenty of the food groups to provide it with the
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Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle Health is the condition of an organism or one of its parts in which it performs its vital functions normally or properly: the state of being sound in body or mind. Water is the most important and abundant inorganic compound in all living systems. Although humans might be able to survive for weeks without food‚ without water you would die in a matter of days. Nearly all the body’s chemical reactions occur in a watery medium. Water has many properties
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the last decades‚ the increase of obesity and eating disorders has tripled among young children. Therefore the topic of our assignment is how to promote healthy eating in children and centres. During our work term internship we noticed that the meals offered were not healthy food. The issue regarding healthy and nutrition in child care centres is important because it is very concerning that in a decade children have become very unhealthy. They prefer to eat meals that are not nutritious. As stated
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The environment and the food we eat are some of the factors that affect our body. If we abuse the environment and don’t take proper care of it‚ then the bad practices we do will come back to us. An unhealthy environment will lead to pollution and produce unhealthy chemicals that when inhaled by our body will cause certain illness while a healthy environment will benefit us. Proper discipline is necessary in order to live healthier and live longer. We are the food we eat. If we eat a diet rich in
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Maintaining A Healthy Body There are a wide range of factors that affect the health of the body. The nutrition of the body is one. The Government recommends that all healthy individuals’ diet should contain plenty of starchy foods such as rice and pasta. Plenty of fruit and vegetables‚ at least 5 portions a day. Moderate amounts of protein-rich foods such as meat and fish. Moderate amounts of milk and dairy. Little saturated fatty foods‚ such as salt and sugar (1). Another factor that works
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Victor Health 102 Midterm To maintain a healthy lifestyle in a society that changes so frequently‚ one must stay determined to stay healthy. As I have learned in this course‚ being healthy is not easy in the world we live in today. Being truly healthy requires work and sacrifice. It may mean that maybe we shouldn’t have that extra slice of cake or maybe we should try to squeeze in that extra hour of sleep. Whatever the small sacrifice may be‚ being healthy is so worth it because it can improve our
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