Guest guest Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Also discuss what an appropriate weight actually is. My niece started very young being concerned about her weight. I sat down one day during my internship with my niece, nephew, and the two neighbor girls. We plotted their height and weight on growth charts and I taught them how to interpret them. They all quickly realized they were appropriate weight and that they were just tall (all were > 75th %tile) They all commented that they could now go to school and tell the other kids they were wrong and they were right were they were suppose to be (weight was at 50th %tile). They enjoyed the growth charts so much they measured all of their pets and plotted them on the growth charts. At the time, the girls were age 10-12 and my nephew was 8. Rita , RD, LD/N Clinical Nutrition Manager Memorial Hospital of Tampa NOTICE: This email may contain PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL information and is intended only for the use of the specific individual(s) to which it is addressed. It may contain Protected Health Information that is privileged and confidential. Protected Health Information may be used or disclosed in accordance with law and you may be subject to penalties under law for improper use or further disclosure of the Protected Health Information in this email. If you are not an intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of this email or the information contained in it or attached to it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and immediately notify the person named above by reply email. Thank you. " JUDY D. SIMON " Sent by: rd-usa 01/14/2008 10:51 AM Please respond to rd-usa To rd-usa cc lissac808@... Subject Re: teen presentation They are more interested in their looks then their future health. I have found that with teen girls, focusing on how balanced nutrition not only keeps them at at a healthy weight- but also the benefits fot their skin and hair. Judy Simon > I agree with Sara - calcium and Vitamin D (especially) is so important at > this age. > > > >> Hi , >> >> I've done quite a few presentations for teens. I used to speak bi-weekly >> at a " teen clinic " run by a local health department. My focus there was >> usually focus on importance of taking a multivitamin (specifially for folic >> acid use and prevention of birth defects), calcium, and iron (especially >> during menstral cycle). Teens normally have horrible food habits i.e. >> lots of fast food and soda, so discussing healthier options and a higher >> water intake is important as well. >> >> Also a lot of teen girls are very fixated on weight and see themselves as >> " too fat " according to what their peers may tell them. I've seen a lot of >> girls take in nothing but diet soda's all day, so trying to get them to see >> that nutrition can make you healthy and strong is a sometimes a very >> difficult task. >> >> Good Luck! >> >> Sara Humbert RD, LD >> >> " My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order " . Dolly >> Parton >> >> All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mearly players.... >> >> Shakespeare >> >> >> >> teen presentation >> >> I was wondering if anyone has any tips/ideas/handouts or anything that >> might help me prepare for a general nutrition talk with teenagers. It's >> going to be small groups (7-8 kids at a time) and about 30 minutes in length >> for each group. I do inpatient adults, so I'm a little out of touch with the >> topics I should touch on. Any suggestions would be a great help. >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> " Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in >> harmony. " >> >> – Mahatma Gandhi >> >> ------------ --------- --------- --- >> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it >> now. >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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