Question

The school nurse has just completed height-and-weight assessment of the students in the 4th-grade class. When tracking this data, she recognizes that 60% of the students were normal body weight; however, 25% were overweight and 15% were obese. She has recognized that she needs to implement nutrition and physical activity programs for this population. A. What resources does the school nurse have to identify best practice principles that will guide this work of the school nurse? B. What strategies might the school nurse recommend to the school wellness committee to address the problem of childhood obesity? C. How can the school nurse evaluate whether the school-based programs are working?

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Answer 1

A)The school nurse should identify the resource necessary for the prevention of obesity in children .She has to identify and seggregate students on the basis of BMI, Food habits,stress,age ,gender. This will guide the school nurses.

B)Some of the strategy which a school nurse can recommend to school wellness committee are

• Including physical activity or physical education in the class as a subject and encouraging outdoor games
• Not to supply or provide food which are unhealthy like junk foods,soda,soft drinks,pizza,fried items etc.,
• The national school lunch program as to be inculcated
• Health education and awareness has to be done

C) A regular assessment and evaluation has to be done monthly to see the progress and effects ofvthe work done.