Issues Related to Nutrition and Fitness

Issues Related to Nutrition and Fitness

Physical fitness is enables children to perform up to their potential.

·         Building and maintaining healthy bones, muscles, and joints.

·         Controlling weight, and reduce weight

·         Reducing feeling of depression and anxiety.

·         Increasing capacity for learning.

·         Promote social well-being.

The three areas of motor skill development that help children develop are:

·   Locomotors or gross motor  skills, No manipulative and manipulative  are moving skills

    (Crawling, walking and running).

·   Balances kills (including bending, stretching, and reaching).

·   Object interaction skills (such as throwing, kicking, catching and collecting).

When children do not engage in healthy fitness activities can develop many Health problems such as heart disease, stroke, stress and Obesity. Even through heart attack and stroke are rare in children but these conditions can begin in childhood. Inactive children, when compared with active children, weigh more, have higher blood pressure and have lower levels of heart-protective "good" cholesterol. In addition, active children are more likely to become active adults...and this will reduce their risk for all of the above diseases.

 Adults can help children develop good fitness habits. They should be encouraged to be active every day, including at least 30- 60 minutes of physical activity. To encourage participation of children in physical activity, consider their skill level, body shape, and age. Offering a broad range of activities will encourage more children to participate. Activities should be offered which will allow all children to have fun and be with their friends while improving their skills.

Teachers can employ a wide of wide variety of teaching strategies to facilitate children’s gross motor development, combining then themes of locomotors, and manipulative skills with the concepts of space awareness, effort, and relationship with other people and the environment.

Daily activities should include many opportunities for young children to develop gross-motor skills and fine motor-skills. Gross motor skills involve large-muscle movement, such as those used in an activity that requires moving then whole body.  For example, running, skipping, or riding a bike. The outdoors is an ideal environment for gross motor development, but its use must be planned and supervised.  Equipment is needed, such as beach ball for playing volleyball.

Fine motors skills involve precise movements controlled by small muscles and usually entail the hands, and fingers; for examples, are the skills involved in drawing, using crayons and working with play dough, or constructing with Lego’s. Such activities along with plenty of time and encouragement and engage children and prepare them for the demands of handwriting and other developed later. Children at this age can also learn to use their hands and fingers by watching others.         The well-being of our children is important we can promotes physical fitness into family life is a great way to increase the level of physical activity in children. Going for regular walks and playing ball with the kids could stave off serious health problems for the whole family.

References

Goodway,  J. D., & Robinson,  L. E. (2006, March). SKIPing toward an active start: Promoting physical activity in preschoolers. Beyond the Journal: Young Children on the Web. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/200605/GoodwayBTJ.pdf

Schilling, T., & McOmber, K. A. (2006, May). Tots in action on and beyond the playground. Beyond the Journal: Young Children on the Web. Retrieved from the Walden Library using this link: