Today, my enrichment group worked on a project dealing with exercise, steps taken per day, caloric intake, etc. I took the kids on a five-minute walk around the school and had them count their steps. (It's ~520 steps/5 min, FYI). We also checked out the caloric content in the foods that we eat. I had the kids write down what they ate yesterday for dinner before looking up the caloric content online. The first four responses were: "a chicken nugget, and popcorn" ... "nothing" ... "lasagna and salad" ... and, "rice."
If only ~1 in 4 kids gets a decent meal for dinner ... then, just, good grief.
Other interesting (laughable? sad?) meals of choice:
* 2 slices of pizza and a banana, for breakfast
* oreos and cheetohs, for lunch
* strawberries and BBQ sandwich, for snack
If only ~1 in 4 kids gets a decent meal for dinner ... then, just, good grief.
Other interesting (laughable? sad?) meals of choice:
* 2 slices of pizza and a banana, for breakfast
* oreos and cheetohs, for lunch
* strawberries and BBQ sandwich, for snack
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