According to a report at the 2008 annual conference of the American College of Preventive Medicine, primary school pupils, especially those at high risk of diabetes and obesity, can be taught a healthy lifestyle through a nine-month school programme.
Dr Campfield, a nutrition researcher at Colorado State University, aimed to show the role of education in preventing diseases, especially diabetes and obesity. He found that children can learn to choose a healthy lifestyle by better understanding energy balance: the balance between the food we eat and our physical activity. When children understand how their body works, they can make healthy decisions.
Dr Campfield said most diabetes prevention programmes for children miss explaining energy balance, how the disease harms the body, how blood sugar is regulated and how to prevent the disease. Of course, the success of the programme depended on having suitable teachers.
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