1. Identify Risks for Obesity and Early Childhood Caries in Preschool Child
Working with a select group of children, students can participate in the following activities to determine children at high risk for nutritional disorders:
- Determine child’s BMI using CDC BMI calculator. Is this child overweight or obese? (the students will need access to the child’s age, weight, and height, as well as DOB)
- Show children pictures of foods to determine their knowledge of healthy eating practices. Children will choose which pictures of food are good and which are bad for their teeth
- pictures of banana, strawberries, apple, carrots, spinach, milk
- pictures of candy, soda, juice, sports drink
- Determine a child’s risk of developing early childhood caries (ECC) by using a risk assessment tool:
2. Identify Risks for Obesity and Oral Health Problems in an Adolescent in a school-based clinic
Working with a group of adolescents, students can determine risk for nutritional disorders and integrate healthy eating and oral health for adolescents. (Supplies: 3 snacks with labels, 5 beverages with labels: water, juice, soda, sports drink, milk)
Adolescents will compare 3 food labels from different snacks
Snack Name | CHIPS | CANDY | POPCORN |
Serving Size | | | |
Calories | | | |
Fat | | | |
Sodium | | | |
Sugar | | | |
Adolescents will compare food labels from 5 beverages
Beverage | SODA | JUICE | SPORTS DRINK | VITAMIN WATER | MILK |
Serving Size | | | | | |
Calories | | | | | |
Fat | | | | | |
Sodium | | | | | |
Sugar | | | | | |
Adolescents will compare 2 fast food menu items
Item | | |
Serving Size | | |
Calories | | |
Fat | | |
Sodium | | |
Sugar | | |
Cost | | |