Teaching Kids To Eat Healthy

Can you read and understand a food label? Do you know how many calories and fat grams you should have in a day?

Fox 29’s John Anderson took a class to learn how to read a food label. But this class was different. It was not full of grown-ups. It was full of first graders, from General Wayne Elementary School in Malverne.

Instead of taking the students on a field trip to a zoo or a nature preserve, they took the little ones to a health club.

Over an eight-week period, the children met with a registered dietician, worked out with a personal trainer and even completed a food journal as homework. They even participated in a yoga class.

The teachers say besides learning about health and nutrition, this project us helping children excel in other areas – like math, reading and science.

The course will culminate with a health clinic the students will hold for their parents!