Taking huge helpings of food? Getting too little exercise? Eating lots of fatty or sugary snacks? How can you erase these paths to obesity AND take steps to get fit? Exercise. Choose healthy foods. Play hard!
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Did you know that 30% of children in the United States are obese? And that about 10% of children around the world, including those in developing countries, are overweight? Brainstorm some of the problems affecting obese children, from being called hurtful names to the biological reality that their hearts need to work extra hard to pump blood through more miles of blood vessels.
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Draw some of the major contributors to overweight kids, such as fewer active gym classes, long hours of sitting, and a lack of safe outdoor places to play. Sketch your design to erase obesity from children’s lives with Crayola® Erasable Colored Pencils. Just erase to modify your ideas.
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Color your ideas with Crayola Markers on posterboard or other slick white paper. To get your message across with visual impact, you could circle each item using the red marker and then erase a big slash through the center of each one. Fill in the slash with red.
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Share your concerns and solutions with adults and students. Make a plan to get fit –and stay fit--together! Fitness feels GREAT!
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