Luna
February 26th, 2004, 05:23 PM
At the school where I work for an afterschool program, the kids just made
some nutritional posters for the cafeteria. One of them is titled
"Super-low fat is super bad!" and lists all the problems you can have from
eating too little fat in your diet. I didn't have time to read the whole
thing, but I remember hair loss and skin problems were listed.
There is of course also one that has information about the benefits of
eating carbohydrates, but it listed mostly what I consider healthier carbs,
like whole grains, (the only junk food listed was popcorn, which for a
healthy child is a much better choice than chips, imo) and I was surprised
that it said to eat a minimum of two servings a day. Two servings does not
seem like a huge amount to me for a healthy person who is not trying to
lose weight.
There was another poster with all sorts of information on eating disorders,
body image and self esteem. All in all I was really impressed and proud of
the kids who made these posters, and the overall general theme of making
healthy choices. I didn't expect them to have a pro-low-carb bent of
course, but I was definitely glad they got out the message that fat isn't
the enemy, and starvation diets are bad for you.
--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.
some nutritional posters for the cafeteria. One of them is titled
"Super-low fat is super bad!" and lists all the problems you can have from
eating too little fat in your diet. I didn't have time to read the whole
thing, but I remember hair loss and skin problems were listed.
There is of course also one that has information about the benefits of
eating carbohydrates, but it listed mostly what I consider healthier carbs,
like whole grains, (the only junk food listed was popcorn, which for a
healthy child is a much better choice than chips, imo) and I was surprised
that it said to eat a minimum of two servings a day. Two servings does not
seem like a huge amount to me for a healthy person who is not trying to
lose weight.
There was another poster with all sorts of information on eating disorders,
body image and self esteem. All in all I was really impressed and proud of
the kids who made these posters, and the overall general theme of making
healthy choices. I didn't expect them to have a pro-low-carb bent of
course, but I was definitely glad they got out the message that fat isn't
the enemy, and starvation diets are bad for you.
--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.