The Importance and Impact
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Even with proper school meals and being taught how to cook, if a person does not know about nutrition, they are still likely that they will end up overweight or obese because they are not educated about what they should and should not put in their bodies. If the schools offered better education about what goes in your body, children would be more likely to focus on consuming healthier foods and exercising, rather than just consuming anything. Pofessionals in the health community Lilian W. Y. Cheung and Hank Dart, wrote a book about the impact of nutrition education on the overall health of children. In their book, Cheung and Dart claimed that educating children about the health implications of unhealthy foods, such as fast-foods, will make them more likely to consistently consume healthy foods and generally shy away from foods that they have learned are unhealthy for them. This means that if people are educated about their health from a young age, they are more likely to begin forming healthy eating habits while they are young. If a child is educated about their intake, they will most likely consume healthy foods the fill them with energy. If a child has an abundance of energy, they are going to engage in physical activity. If a child grows up regularly exercising and eating healthily, they will likely carry the habit of regularly exercising and healthy eating into adulthood because they are used to being healthy. These healthy eating habits will most likely follow them to adulthood, thus reducing their likelihood of becoming obese. If all students were taught this, it would likely deter obesity.