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Title : Healthy Eating Habits among School Children

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Healthy Eating Habits among School Children

Recess time is the occasion during which children eat snacks and play The scenarios I see during recess time however scare me because many children 's snacks are another whole set of lunch . While doing my service-learning in a wealthy community , I was made to think that many parents think that their children are always hungry . Consequently , they prepared more than enough snacks for the youngsters

. Children do not know what enough food is . As a result , they eat all the food provided even though they are not hungry

Everything a person eats needs to be digested by the stomach . If one overeats , their gastrointestinal system has no time to rest . With time the system becomes fatigued , thus decreasing the digestion rate . As a result , indigestion is experienced . Children have the same or even worse effects by making them to experience bloating and fail to eat dinner

Besides , children use their hands to eat snacks , thus providing an easy access for bacteria . Consequently , the less snacks , the better Similarly , Mike stated that Childhood years are great time to develop good eating behaviors . I thus decided to teach them an important lesson during recess time . I informed them about the percentage of obese children in the United States , how many Calories a child should take per day , and suggested good eating habits . Such recommended habits include not eating when not...