Fun and Fitness: Addressing Childhood Obesity
Course Description:
This course applies to children of all ages.
This course covers children’s physical movement and nutritional needs and exciting ways to meet these needs. You will learn about factors that contribute to childhood obesity and the long-term effects it can have on children, as well as ways to help children avoid or reverse obesity. See the course topics listed below for more information on what is covered.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing Fun and Fitness: Addressing Childhood Obesity you will be able to explain the early childhood professionals’ role in promoting children’s health and fitness; describe young children’s need for physical movement; and describe nutritional recommendations for children’s healthy development.
Attention Nevada Students: This course fulfills your annual 2 clock hour Obesity/Wellness/Nutrition/Physical Activity training requirement.
Topics Covered in Fun and Fitness: Addressing Childhood Obesity
- Immediate and long-term health effects of childhood obesity
- Benefits of physical activities for children
- Planning physical activities for children
- Physical activity guidelines and activities for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
- Physical activity guidelines for children with diverse abilities and needs
- Healthy food selection and eating practices
- Parents’ role in maintaining children’s health
Prerequisites: Must be able to fluently read and write English.
Instructional methodology: Read written material, view videos, listen to audio segments.
Assessment methods: Multiple choice quiz and written assignments.
What students say about Fun and Fitness: Addressing Childhood Obesity:
"I simply love Care Courses [Creating Schedules and Routines and Fun and Fitness: Addressing Childhood Obesity]. I have a large family including three very young children. Care Courses provides me a way to continue my education in my own time, at my own pace. I find that I am able to absorb the information available much better and can apply it to my daily life. I find each course that I have taken extremely informative and very simple to follow along. I have applied many things that I have learned in my classroom and passed them on to other educators like myself. I rave about Care Courses and will continue to do so. Thank you for a wonderful service, it is much appreciated." - Las Vegas, Nevada
"Everything was great! The courses were informative and helped me acquire the hours I needed for my state's continued education training. The really great thing was that I received the results and certificates very, very quickly. I was pleasantly surprised that the results/hours were sent to my state's program within a couple of days. I 100% will be participating in training programs through Care Courses in the future. Thanks!" - Tulsa,Oklahoma
Care Courses currently offers over 30 professional development courses and one non-credit training tutorial on the CDA process. All courses offer clock hours and an official online certificate of completion. The free CDA tutorial does not offer clock hours or a certificate.
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To receive the CEUs and Clock Hours for a course, you must adhere to and sign our honor code, follow directions on written assignments and show comprehension of the course content. You must make 70% or better on all course quizzes. Less than 70% will result in trainer review and evaluation. If review indicates the need for discussion, you will be informed that you must speak with a trainer. You will be given a second chance to make 70% or better. Should you fail to do so, you will receive a letter indicating that you did not pass the course and may not retake the course for 12 months.
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