School Nurse

Here I go talking about healthy food again…
There are two things I want to highlight:

Let’s go over what I talked about last week: What is true about almost all the students that come into my office not feeling well is that they haven’t eaten breakfast. Most kids say they don’t have time and/or are not hungry in the morning. I always start out by asking them what they’d be WILLING to eat. Our students really need to start their day with “fuel in their tank” for optimal learning (and to feel well). How did your conversation go with your student about EATING BREAKFAST? What breakfast ideas did you come up with together?
OK, stay with me here…Remember how I talked about the nutritional conference I recently attended? One of the greatest presentations was from an ophthalmologist speaking how important optimal nutrition is for visual health. How can you support optimal nutrition for your kids? To begin with, provide an abundance of green leafy vegetables, other vegetables and fruits at meals and for snacks. That’s a good starting point. A next step can be to have your student participate in choosing healthy foods for the household (take them with you to the supermarket, or better yet to a farmer’s market!). You can challenge them to pick out three different COLOR fruits and three different COLOR vegetables. This doctor also said evidence shows that kids who play outside for 2 hours a day have a lower incidence of vision issues. Makes sense but now here’s your reason!

Please, let me know if you have questions or need support.

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