Transcript: Segment 9:
Workshop Objectives
Hines:
Let’s look at some of the workshop objectives and hear what experts have to say. First of all, we want to increase the quantity of time spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity, improve the quality of structured, movement experiences facilitated by teachers and adults, provide healthy nutrition choices for children every day, use books to stimulate children’s physical and intellectual development, or as a lead-in to motor activities, provide caregivers to many opportunities for their children to practice all kinds of large muscle experiences, review the power of media to promote healthy eating and fitness, limit TV and media time, and introduce participants to community fitness resources.
Hines:
Do you think that really media can make a difference in helping children or adults to become more fit?
F:
Yes.
Hines:
How? Miss Sherry what do you think?
F:
Well so much of the advertisements that are on during child friendly time is not healthy foods but they market it as healthy foods. It is full of salt and sugar and it is all processed food. And they have these campaigns that kids just ask for it, they want it.
Hines:
Right, thank you. That is an excellent, excellent, excellent response. Anybody else want to share? Let’s look at what the experts say, which is your next page. Now remember this information came from Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s “Be Active Kids.” I wanted to make sure I give reference to that. North Carolina children rank 41st in the nation on health and wellbeing of other children. Is that good or bad? Positive or negative? It is not too good, is it? Not at all. And we are a rural, R-U-R-A-L, area and we have playgrounds, we have all of the facilities that we could get out and get more fit. I wonder what is happening. Why aren’t we more fit?
[OVERTALKING ]
Hines:
TV, video games.
F:
Finger exercises.
Hines:
Finger exercises! That’s good Ms. Cleo, that’s right. And I’m quite sure a lot more other things. Maybe people are a little bit more, still even fearful of letting their children go out in the public, even in this area. Let’s let—we will start over here with you. Could you read the next one?
F:
The number of overweight children has more than doubled.
Hines:
It has more than doubled. Ms. Felicia?
F:
While there are many factors that contribute to risks for overweight or obesity in children, lack of physical activity and high calorie diets are often the cause.
Hines:
Can we all agree with that? High calorie diets? How many of you had a candy bar before you came here this weekend, at least one point during the weekend? Or a chocolate chip cookie or some cookie or cake or pudding or pie or?
[OVERTALKING]
Hines:
Two little, miniature Musketeers. No that’s not that bad, it won’t hurt you but.
F:
I had a long chocolate bar like that—I gave it [INAUDIBLE].
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