You are a dietitian working for a school system. While the school system has made significant changes in their school lunch program and their physical education curriculum the school board administrators remain concerned about the rates of overweight and obesity among their students ages 6-12. You begin to explore the issue with teachers, food service staff, nurses, and the physical education teachers and determine that the students appear to be receiving adequate physical activity, but their diets remain quite poor. The lunches offered in the cafeteria offer a variety of low fat, whole grain, and fresh produce items; however, most students bring their lunches from home and their lunches often contain candy, refined grains, chips, and soda. The school board requests you develop a program that ean be disseminated across the school district to improve the diets of children while at school and reduce rates of overweight and obesity. You need to prepare a proposal by the next board meeting.
1.Identify and describe the nutrition problem from one Of the case studies.
Include prevalence, trends, possible short and long-term health consequences of this problem, causes of the problem, and barriers to treating the problem.
Sources MUST BE from PubMed AND MedLine