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A Hands-On Nutritional Curriculum For Children Ages Five To Eleven, Teryl L. Fricke
A Hands-On Nutritional Curriculum For Children Ages Five To Eleven, Teryl L. Fricke
Theses
This thesis will focus on the development of a nutrition curriculum to be used as a continuing education program at the community college level for children from the ages of five to eleven years.
Research indicates that American children are becoming physically unfit and overweight at an alarming rate . Because this condition seems to be the rule rather than the exception, it becomes important to the future health of our children that they be educated in proper selection of foods and eating habits.
Research also indicates that the health curriculums of local public school districts touch on the nutritional …