how schools are responsible for promoting healthy diets to children ELLT/Oitic presentation
in your opinion, to what extent do you believe schools are responsible for promoting healthy diets to children ELLT/Oitic presentation
Health is important for everyone—students included. Not only will you do better
in school when your health is good, but you’ll be happier as a person. Experts
confirm that health and education are directly related. When students are strong and
healthy, they can concentrate better in class. Healthy students also tend to have
higher attendance records than students who don’t receive proper nutrition.
Now, here the question is how schools are responsible for promoting healthy
diets to children?
Schools are an ideal educational environment to provide useful information about
a healthy diet. This is because teachers are trained professionally and wellexperienced in educating children on the significance of consuming healthy food,
therefore, students will be aware of the fact that if they have healthy meals, their
well-being will become more robust. In addition, nowadays, most parents prove
challenging in devoting their time to instructing their children to have a healthy
diet due to the heavy workload in their workplace, so no one is better than
schools, particularly teachers in shouldering this responsibility.
Schools should provide nutritious food throughout the day, including breakfast,
lunch, snacks, and after school. School breakfast programs seek to help meet
students’ nutritional needs. Research suggests that participation in breakfast
programs plays a role in student behavior, cognition, and academic performance.
Nowadays students are in stress. Many students deal with stressors including
poverty, bullying, discrimination, anxiety, family financial stress, social media
pressures, trauma, and unsafe neighborhoods. These stressors can lead to
health issues that impact students’ school performance. Thus, students do
not take care of their health and do not take good diet. So, it is the
responsibility of the school to provide a peaceful environment for their
students and arrange some extra classes about a healthy diet.