This is a project done by forty Fourth  Grade  children from MEXICO CITY!!. We were divided in eight groups and each one chose a name and a slogan. 

I am the one who is in charge of the blog because I got one of the highest score in the colaborative rubric evaluation.This blog is amazing, because it shows the activities we been doing for ten months. It also has amazing photos and the fun  movies we did. All the children that participated in this project worked  and learned a lot. I am the one who is representing my group in this blog.

Paulina M.

BLOG´S TEAM

FERNANDA C

ANA KAREN C

PAULINA M

FERNANDA M

NATALIA M

RODRIGO G

Teams´ Pictures

Our Recipe

We used a lot of tools for this activity.
First, we took  pictures in Photo Booth with an spectacular background, that we chose. Then we edited them on Picnik.
After that, we wrote a healthy recipe. When we had everything ready, we converted all documents to a JPEG file.
At the end we created a team album in iPhoto and converted it into a video.

By Natalia Morales

OUR PROJECT ACTIVITIES

Our project activities are:
-summaries ( important facts about obesity)
-questionnaires
-graphic organizers
-causes and effects of obesity
-facts and opinions of obesity
-interviews
-movies
-comics
-presentations PowerPoint
-cooking activities and healthy recipes
-graphs
-workshop (conference)
-field trip
-posters
-art activities
-cartoons
-solutions
-conclusions
-rubrics

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES

FEBRUARY,2012
This week  we did a Power Point presentation about healthy habits to prevent childhood obesity. 
We are also  investigated important facts about healthy food and we  compared junk food with nourishing food. We also did some  research about the benefits of eating healthy.

                                                               BY CLAUDIO MENDOZA

GENERAL INFORMATION

This information is about childhood obesity and its effects.This information it was taken from internet.

Childhood Obesity

Is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child´s health.

Effects on Health

The first problem to occur in obese children are usually emotional or psychologycal.

Emotion

Is the complex psychological expect of an individual state of mind as interacting with and environmental influences in humans.

Psychology

Is science of behavior and mental processes.

Obesity is cause by:

Dietaly

Bad eating habits.

Sedentary lifestyle

Physical inactivity of children has also show to be a serious cause.

Genetics

Childhood obesity is often the results of interplay between many genetics and environmental factors.

Home eniveronment

Children’s food choices are also influenced by family meals.

Developmental factors

Various developmental factors may affects rates of obesity.

Medical Illness

Gushing syndrome may also influence childhood obesity. 

Information taken from Wikipedia
By Fernanda Castro

CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF OBESITY

These are some Causes and Effects of Obesity:
Causes:

1.    Some causes  for putting on extra weight at a very young age can be traced to the modern day lifestyle or genetically triggered phenomena. In this fast life people don't have the time to prepare healthy foods.

2.    
    Physical activities and weight gain have an inverse relationship; lesser the physical activity more will be the weight gain and vice versa. In this period of virtual gaming and television, children are hardly to be seen on the playground  .

3.     High calorie fast food has replaced the healthy diet and the absence of physical activity has just added .

4.     Children, today, prefer pizzas and burgers over nutrition’s , salad and fruit.

5.     In this period of virtual gaming and television, children are hardly to be seen on the playground.

 Effects:

1.     The effects of obesity in children can be divided into 2 categories; psychological effects and physical effects.

2.      The psychological effects include lowered self-esteem,depression,fear of being disliked by parents and friends or fear of being bullied by the other children.

3.      Although the physical problems for an obese child may start a bit late, but these include life-threatening conditions such as cardiovascular risks like heart failure or stroke.

4.      The chances of the child suffering from 2 type diabetes high blood pressure, high cholesterol in future may increase due to obesity.

5.      In this period of virtual gaming and television, children are hardly to be seen on the playground.    


         Information taken from Mayoclinic.com
         By Paula Tame