Research paper: any ideas??

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Comment by Ruben Brambila on November 2, 2009 at 11:09am

Hello Jane, thanks for joining our site. In my experience, pushing kids to be more physical fit and eating healthy shows some good results. However, I have also learned that getting information from them that identifies causes of why they are not getting physically fit would also be beneficial. For example, in the community that I work in, many to not do like to conduct physical activity because they feel inferior to athletes. Competitive games tend to highlight and promote those who are already active. What's the value for those who need it the most? None!! If they try to be competitive and fail in front of their peers, the outcomes for their self-esteem could be disasterous. By not trying at all, they may be hiding their inabilities to be at the level that certain people already are in. Therefore...no physical activity. I am speaking out of experience. It may be something you can address which may lead to schoolwide changes. Please let me know if you need help on this topic of whatever topic or project in end up working on. Good luck!

Comment by Matt Edmond on November 2, 2009 at 5:40am

Thats great that your pushing for a change.The first step however is to collect data and its the easiest step. Look at the food being served at your own school. Take notes on it, ask for nutrition information, Get as much as you can out of the personnel serving the food. To show lack of knowledge on nutrition I suggest a survey or maybe even an interview of 10 people so you can get some numbers and percentages. (Statistics really sell in terms of persuasion) Ask your gym teacher to let you sit in and watch him conduct class. Take notes on him and contrast his methods with your own. I'll tell you right now my methods of physical activities vary completely from my gym teacher. They also work. Hope that helps. :D Feel free to send me a message for anything else :)