Obesity Education Community healthy living lesson plan

Main concepts

The community members will come to know what constitutes healthy and unhealthy snacks. They will also figure out why many people are addicted to unhealthy snacks that often lead to obesity and what alternatives could be introduced in their homes in place of the unhealthy snacks.

To be able to sort out the unhealthy snacks from the unhealthy ones as well as telling why they are considered unhealthy.

To be able to find alternatives to the unhealthy snacks as a group or community members.

Key Terms

Calories: the unit used to measure the value that the food holds in terms of the energy.

Nutrition: the valuable nutrients that the body gets.

Healthy living: the habit of eating the right foods within the community

Junk food: foods high in fats, calories, sugar and sodium yet very low in nutritional value.

Obesity: overweight or too fat for comfort of the individual.

Time schedule

One hour educational sitting of the community members who will be grouped in groups of 40 per session and in line with the age brackets. This will ensure the very elderly members of the society are not bunched together with the 10-year-olds.

Materials

Video of "Obesity & Fast Food" from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IUQoh_wuMQ

Pens and papers

Internet access

Background

Obesity is a contributing factor to various chronic diseases in the contemporary society. It is a global problem that affects close to 300 million people all over the world. A third of the...

Obesity is often associated with an increase in the cost of healthcare; a reduction in quality of life as well as an increase in the risk of premature death. Obesity prevalence is increasing in both developing and developed nations. In the United States obesity prevalence is on a record high. This is a serious problem as it can be a predisposing factor of diseases like diabetes, cancers, and diseases of the heart. The paper will look at obesity among African-Americans in NYC. It will also look at the etiology and epidemiology of obesity (Racette, Deusinger & Deusinger, 2012).I t will further look at whether or not obesity affects specific population depending on their age, race or socioeconomic status. It will finally look at the health interventions which aim to help in the control as well as prevention of the spread of obesity.
There are various reasons why communities increasingly struggle to fight the obesity menace generations after the other. The lifestyles, which is composed of the feeding habit and physical activity in a persons life daily is instrumental in determining a future with obesity or not. It is therefore very significant for the community to be sensitized and educated over what kind of food to eat or to present to their younger children to consume.

Lesson Plan

1. Watch the "Obesity & Fast Food" video with the community members and the introduce the topic of obesity to the class and discuss together with them why many Americans are obese.

2. Allow the community members to watch the video keenly and after that try to counter check if they got a tip on what junk foods are and what healthy foods are…