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
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