Discussion: Exercise & Special Populations For this Discussion Board you may cho

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Discussion: Exercise & Special Populations

For this Discussion Board you may chose to respond to 1 of the following case studies. At the end of each case study is a Bold segment that outlines the key points that you need to address within your post. After posting your response, provide effective feedback to at least 1 of your classmates program design. (Effective feedback gives them things to consider, additional ideas, specific comments rather than a generic "good job")

Case Study #1: Tackling Childhood Obesity

Background

Ever since the 2001 release of former Surgeon General David Satcher’s groundbreaking report, “The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity,” the pressure on states and communities to address obesity has steadily increased. Obesity in childhood has reached epidemic proportions, and brings with it a variety of chronic health problems that strain Medicaid budgets. In 2002, nine million American children were overweight, triple the number in 1980. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that one in three American children born in 2000 will become diabetic unless they improve their diets and start exercising more.

Many of the approaches to reducing childhood obesity center on creating healthier school environments. For example, the Child Nutrition Act of 2004 required that every U.S. school district participating in the National School Lunch and/or Breakfast Program develop and implement a local wellness policy by the start of the 2006-2007 school year. The intent of this mandate is to protect and improve child health through adequate levels of physical activity and good nutrition throughout the school day. Among the approaches that states have taken to address childhood obesity are the following: 1) strengthening nutrition standards for school (e.g. prohibiting sale of certain foods or beverages at school, limiting access to vending machines, encouraging consumption of fruits and vegetables); 2) mandating assessment and reporting of elementary school student’s BMI (body mass index); 3) requiring nutrition content information for school foods; and 4) requiring more physical education, activity and/or recess at schools.

Recently the school has received state funding to address the childhood obesity issue among their students. You have been tasked with designing a safe, regular exercise routine for elementary school students and allocating these funds to purchase any necessary equipment. The audience of this discussion board post is the state who requires: 1.) Complete program design (this can be in table format rather than a narrative) and 2.) Give brief explanation of why you designed the program the way you did and how this program will help improve the health of the students.

Explanation / Answer

2. by using above schedule the holistic development of the child occurs. this helps in the child vdevelopment in each and every aspect. the developmet of the child happens in both ways in studies and also in games and dance too. so the above plan should be practiced dor better development of the child

timings activity 7:30 am assembly morning prayer 7:45 am stretching exercise 8:00 am whole body exercise 8:15 am hopping and running exercises 8:30 am cool down exercise 8:45 am class periods 10:30 am break fast 11:30 am games period includes Aerobic Games, Group Fitness, Walk/Jog/Run, basket ball, volley ball, athletics 1:00pm routine classes

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