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Nutrition: The Most Important Factor For A Successful School Year

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In many of our inner-city neighborhoods, parents are raising future Kings and Queens in a desolate wasteland! Where genetics and insufficient physical activity were once the major cause of childhood obesity, this has been replaced with children living in food deserts that pose a serious health threat.

Getting to a grocery store nearby is often a challenge for many due to a lack of resources. Consequently, our children have a greater chance of getting high blood pressure, diabetes and a myriad of other health ailments due to being overweight.

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September will kick off National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month! Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years. A recent report by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) proclaimed America’s obesity epidemic has hit a new high, reporting that 19.7 percent of American children and adolescents are continuing to put on weight.

I can truly relate to this growing epidemic, as a young lady who was once an obese child. I know what it feels like to be bullied by your peers and not have a boyfriend because of how you look! I can vividly recall going to fabric stores with my mother to pick out various fabrics so my seamstress could make slacks with elasticized waistlines and feeling uncomfortable taking off my clothes for swim class. For those very reasons, I had doctors’ notices written all throughout high school to excuse me from P.E. demands.

With parents being in full gear getting their children ready for a new school year, many overlook the most important factor for a successful year: NUTRITION!  

So where do we start?

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It starts at home with the parents. As parents, you play a vital role in your children’s lives! As role models in your children’s lives, creating an environment where making healthy food choices and being active should be rewarded by positivity to show the value and importance of these choices.

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Below are 3 “wynning” realistic tips for you to implement into your homes:

1. What’s in your child’s lunchbox?

Educate your child about making healthy food choices. How? Involve them in the planning and preparation of their lunches. Make them your sous chef for the week by having them wash off the fruit or cutting up the vegetables, depending on their age.

Eat more salmon. Instead of tuna sandwiches, make a salmon salad for sandwiches. It has a greater amount of

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