HEALTH AWARENESS

• Health awareness is very important considering the obesity problem in America
• The schools need it considering the amount of overweight children
• Parents need to get involved since they have a giant influence on their child's health

IDEAS TO RAISE INTEREST IN HEALTH

• One idea could be to give kids counters that count the number of steps they take and have contests
• Another idea could be to have breaks in class where kids get up and move around a little
• If kids enjoyed getting healthy they would be more prone to getting healthy which is why
• We Should have special events like parent-child hikes where the children and parents come in on

IDEAS FOR HEALTH AWARENESS PART 2

• And the kids with the highest number of steps would get prises
• And the teacher have a stopwatch with a certain time set
• Kids should be influenced to think it is fun and not work
• The weekend with their own stuff and all take a hike

RESEARCH

• Childhood obesity has doubled in the last 30 years
• In 2012 more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese
• If you get more active it helps you focus more in class
• It has been proven that kids who are more active in the summer do better in school

SOURCES

• Centers for disease control and prevention
• Sharecare.com
• Investopedia.com

CREDITS

• Hunter Sigmon-made the power point,actor in commercial,actor in documentary
• Hunter Morgan-made the posters,actor and editor of commercial,
• editor of documentary,actor in documentary

CONCLUSION

• Schools need to get more involved with health
• Parents need to influence their child to be healthy
• We need to raise health awareness all over America

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