HEALTH, SAFETY, AND NUTRITION * 4 HOURS * LEVEL 2
Cooking Up Fun!Cooking for Life
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There are inherent life skills in learning to cook and in a world where childhood obesity is increasingly common, this becomes a very important tool to teach nutrition. Involving children in not only learning about but being very familiar with vegetables, fruits, and grains makes them more likely to maintain a healthy weight. Obesity is the number one cause of premature death in the United States (CDC) and is absolutely preventable by doing things such as this.
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Imagine that you have never tasted a ripe peach or crunched a fresh green salad. You aren’t familiar with the crisp, vibrant, bright flavors that combine to make a delicious snack. Believe it or not, there are many children who have never had fresh vegetables. Some are limited in their meals in general, having meals at school and nowhere else. Others have just never been introduced to anything other than processed and convenience foods. Still, others are accustomed to foods cooked using unhealthy ingredients, sometimes fried and battered to unrecognizable forms. Food knowledge is important to support healthy food choices in children throughout their entire lives. Even some adults can benefit from this!
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