May 15th, 2012 by Len Saunders
From AZ Central?..
Local events like this make a big difference?..
Glendale fifth-graders at Don Mensendick Elementary School didn?t just study childhood obesity, they developed policy positions to fight it.
The students have spent the school year tending a vegetable garden to learn about nutrition. And studying other food matters.
They recently presented their policy recommendations to state Sen. Jerry Lewis, R-Mesa: Eliminate ?pink slime? from school menus, get rid of flavored milks and encourage the use of gardening to provide hands-on learning and a healthy food source for students.
The well-versed 10- and 11-year-olds ensured their presentation was not an attack on school lunch officials but about educating others to improve health.
?If eating is a basic survival need, why don?t we talk about it?? said student Matthew Medina, who was among seven students to make the recent presentation in their classroom.
Teacher Nicole Littau?s 30 students identified childhood obesity as the problem they wanted to address as part of Project Citizen. The idea was to go beyond simply identifying a problem to advocating for solutions.
?I?m very proud of them,? Littau said. ?They have such a drive now and are always asking who they can present their research to next.?
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/surprise/articles/2012/04/27/20120427glendale-student-fight-childhood-obesity-policies.html#ixzz1uxxslioq
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