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August/ September 2000 - Volume 3
- Issue 6
- Keep
Your Child Well at School
Summer's
over and most parents feel a mixture of pride, relief and worry as children go off to
school.
Sickness
and Infections -Parents
may not be able to completely shield their children from school violence or illegal drugs.
However, they can do something to protect kids from almost universal dangers people often
overlook: inadequate nutrition, infectious diseases, playground external sites will
injuries, poor air quality and stress.
Nutrition
and Food Safety - Parents have control over two of the day's three meals: control over
their Children's breakfast and dinner. A good content for breakfast, a healthy lunch and
availability. A nutritionally complete dinner can be hard for working moms and dads to
provide, but it can be done.
Sleeping
until the last minute, both for parents and kids, and then grabbing something quick and
easy for breakfast is a recipe for stress and mid-morning drowsiness. Get everyone to bed
-- grown-ups, too – at fixed times that will allow eight solid hours of sleep.
Lunch
is often a problem. If your child eats
school-prepared food, take a look at the menus and make sure the meals are nutritionally
adequate. Many schools prepare their menus
weeks in advance and make them available to parents. If you pack your child's lunch,
include a protein food, a grain, and a vegetable or fruit -- or both. Juice, if it doesn't
have added sweetener, is a good drink to pack, and so is a bottle of water -- everybody
needs eight glasses a day.
Food
safety is another issue. Leaving perishable foods at room temperature from morning to
lunchtime can be risky. For a safe and healthy packed lunch:
ü Scrub
fruits and vegetables well, even if they look pre-washed. This includes those with a hard
peel, such as bananas.
ü Pack
lunches in an insulated box or bag, and clean it at least once a week with a bleach
solution (a teaspoon of bleach in a gallon of water).
ü Include
an ice pack or frozen box of juice to keep food cold.
ü Keep
everything cold in the refrigerator until the last minute.
Reprinted by
permission of drkoop.com. Date Published: August
9, 2000. Original article may be found at:
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