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Alternative Final Project: Promoting Healthy Snacks in the Special Olympics Community Slide 1: Introduction Hello everyone, welcome. First of all, I want to introduce myself. My name is Iris Morin, and I am the Athletic Director for the campus. As the new Athletic Director, I want to deliver a message to you parents, coaches, and delegation leaders about healthy snacks. I want to start off with sharing one of my favorite quotes from Bethenny Frankel. “Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.” With this quote I want to say to invest in healthy eating now so that you can get a better long-term investment. Just like with your bank account, the wiser you are with your choices, the better off you will be. Put good things into your body and you will get even better things in return. I want for all of you just for a minute to think about what I just said. Healthy eating starts with our children, with our athletes, with our students. Slide 2: Continuation Today I am going to go over: Why do we need Healthy Snacks for Special Olympic Athletes? What are some of the Healthy Snack’s options? Best practices of healthy snacks for Special Olympics athletes A budget/cost calculation to support healthy snacks adoption Slide 3: Important Facts People with intellectual disabilities are more likely to experience poor health outcomes, unmet healthcare needs, victimization, and early mortality than people without intellectual disabilities. The percentage of school-aged children with obesity in 2016 was almost 20%. Childhood obesity increases over the last few decades may be attributed to recent changes in children’s dietary and physical activity habits.
Research has determined that snacks alone account for over 460 calories of a child’s daily diet and almost 15% of their food and beverage consumption comes from added sugar. Study found that snacks brought to recreational soccer games by parents in the USA usually have between 300 and 500 calories, and snacks are typically grain-based desserts. Parent participants described that unhealthy snacks are common at games because they are inexpensive, easy to prepare, and appealing to children. More than 50% are overweight or obese 22% have untreated tooth decay 27% have high blood pressure 30% gave insufficient aerobic activity 13% have low bone density Slide 4: The Why Poor eating habits are one of the largest factors contributing to the development of chronic disease. Establishing healthy eating habits, it is especially important among children because many dietary habits carry from childhood into adulthood. The American Heart Association recommends that children do not exceed 25g of added sugar a day. Risk for diabetes, obesity, and dental caries. Slide 5: Options Its important young athletes have snacks before and after every sporting event. Provide high carbohydrate, low-fat snacks between events that are three or more hours apart. Provide simple, high carbohydrate snacks that are easy to digest, between events that are two hours apart. Easy to digest carbohydrates are low in fiber and include oatmeal, whole-wheat bagel or whole grain crackers. Provide a sports drink or hydrating foods between events that are just one hour apart from one another.
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