Nestlé helps teachers in Dubai bring nutrition lessons to life
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Nestlé is helping teachers in Dubai to explain the importance of a healthy diet
and lifestyle to their pupils as part of its commitment to nutrition, health and
wellness.
The company has been working in partnership with the Princess Haya Initiative
for the Development of Health, Physical Education and School Sports, the Dubai
Health Authority and the Dubai Education Zone, to train teachers to incorporate
lessons about good nutrition and physical activity into the school curriculum.
The 'Nestlé for Healthy Kids - Ajyal Salima' programme provides teaching
materials, tools and follow-up support, as well as an assessment of the
children's knowledge and skills before and after they have taken part.
The initiative is part of the global Nestlé Healthy Kids programme that aims to
raise the nutrition, health and wellness awareness of school-age children
worldwide.
Putting into practice
"The programme is designed to enable teachers to introduce topics about
nutrition and physical activity into any lesson without increasing their
workload," said Dr Carla Mourad, a nutritionist who developed the Dubai
initiative at the American University of Beirut.
"All the teaching material is based on getting children to remember four simple
messages: to increase their breakfast intake, eat more daily portions of fruit
and vegetables, be physically active, and eat less energy dense foods.
"It's up to individual teachers how to structure each lesson. They have a lot of
room to be creative."
Practical skills
A typical lesson given by teachers as part of the programme comprises 10-15
minutes of theory, followed by 20-25 minutes of activity to put into context
what has just been taught.
This could be counting food portions as part of a maths lesson about fractions,
writing essays about nutrition in a literature class, or taking part in role
plays as part of a language class.
"The aim is to increase the children's knowledge and self-efficacy," explained
Dr Mourad. "Even if a child knows they should eat five portions of fruit a day,
they need to have the confidence and skills to put this into practice."
Providing tools
The Nestlé for Healthy Kids - Ajyal Salima programme in Dubai is aimed at nine
to 11 year-olds, who are old enough to prepare simple food with the help of
adults.
All the children receive a diary in which they keep a daily record of their
fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity.
"We really encourage parents to support their children's progress by providing
healthy foods at home," said Dr Mourad. "We also involve them by inviting them
to meetings and events at school."
Efforts recognised
Nestlé launched the Healthy Kids - Ajyal Salima programme in Dubai in October
2012.
The company recently received an award from its partner the Princess Haya
Initiative for the Development of Health, Physical Education and School Sports,
in recognition of the valuable role it has played in setting up the programme in
the country.
It is the second such initiative Nestlé has set up in the Middle East region,
following the launch of a Healthy Kids programme in Lebanon in 2010 in
partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Higher Education and the American
University of Beirut.
The company intends to use the programme in Dubai as a base from which to launch
similar initiatives in the United Arab Emirates.
Global programme
Nestlé launched the global Nestlé Healthy Kids programme in 2009. Today it
operates in more than 60 countries worldwide. The company aims to extend the
programme to 70 countries by 2016.
The programme is based on multi-partnership approaches. In each country Nestlé
helps to develop the specific format of the programme, which is then implemented
by the partner organisation.
More than 50 Healthy Kids programmes around the world are endorsed by national
ministries of health or education. Nestlé also works together with over 250
other organisations including non-governmental organisations, nutrition
institutes, national sport federations and local governments.
Related information:
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http://www.nestle-me.com/en
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