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USMEF Helping Mexican Children Live Healthier Lifestyles 

Children in Mexico City are learning to live healthier lifestyles thanks to a school program called “Good Health,” sponsored by USMEF, which encourages children to make healthy food choices. It includes a health assessment for each child and recommendations for a healthy diet, including U.S. pork and beef as basic protein sources for development.

“The Good Health program is a preventative campaign that detects obesity, diabetes and anemia in children so that healthy alternatives can be introduced early on,” said Rosa Elena Yáñez, a USMEF licensed dietician. “Our goal is to reverse these health concerns by introducing exercise and healthy foods, like U.S. meat as a protein source.” And, she added, U.S. beef and pork are readily available for parents to use in everyday family meals.

Lack of protein in the diet affects mental development and cognition and can lead to attention problems, inactivity and unresponsiveness. Even short-term nutritional deprivation or missing a meal can adversely affect the ability to concentrate and think clearly.

The Good Health program begins with an educational seminar for children and their parents, stressing the importance of a healthy diet that includes meat of the best quality. The dietician and her team then measure each child’s height and weight, in addition to knee and elbow widths to determine the muscle and bone mass. They compare each child’s result to the average, based on the child’s age and height. The results are given to parents along with recommendations for a healthier diet, U.S. meat education information and recipes.

USMEF released a news release on the Good Health program today.

The following photos can be viewed online:

Photo 1  – A young boy’s height is measured during his school’s Good Health program, sponsored by USMEF. The program helps assess children’s health in order to provide suggestions for healthy changes to parents.

Photo 2  – USMEF provided a team, headed by a dietician, to take children’s measurements during a program called Good Health. Children who exceeded averages were supplied with information on exercise and diet, which includes several lean cuts of U.S. beef and pork.

Mexico

USMEF Helping Mexican Children Live Healthier Lifestyles 

Children in Mexico City are learning to live healthier lifestyles thanks to a school program called “Good Health,” sponsored by USMEF, which encourages children to make healthy food choices. It includes a health assessment for each child and recommendations for a healthy diet, including U.S. pork and beef as basic protein sources for development.

“The Good Health program is a preventative campaign that detects obesity, diabetes and anemia in children so that healthy alternatives can be introduced early on,” said Rosa Elena Yáñez, a USMEF licensed dietician. “Our goal is to reverse these health concerns by introducing exercise and healthy foods, like U.S. meat as a protein source.” And, she added, U.S. beef and pork are readily available for parents to use in everyday family meals.

Lack of protein in the diet affects mental development and cognition and can lead to attention problems, inactivity and unresponsiveness. Even short-term nutritional deprivation or missing a meal can adversely affect the ability to concentrate and think clearly.

The Good Health program begins with an educational seminar for children and their parents, stressing the importance of a healthy diet that includes meat of the best quality. The dietician and her team then measure each child’s height and weight, in addition to knee and elbow widths to determine the muscle and bone mass. They compare each child’s result to the average, based on the child’s age and height. The results are given to parents along with recommendations for a healthier diet, U.S. meat education information and recipes.

USMEF released a news release on the Good Health program today.

The following photos can be viewed online:

Photo 1  – A young boy’s height is measured during his school’s Good Health program, sponsored by USMEF. The program helps assess children’s health in order to provide suggestions for healthy changes to parents.

Photo 2  – USMEF provided a team, headed by a dietician, to take children’s measurements during a program called Good Health. Children who exceeded averages were supplied with information on exercise and diet, which includes several lean cuts of U.S. beef and pork.