Özet:

One of the main groups which effected from malnutrition, unbalanced diets and sedentary habits is school age children. Skipping meals, consuming foods that have more sugar, salt and fat, spending more time with television and computer are mainly sedentary habits. These malnutrition habits in childhood are the reasons of growth retardation and obesity. Studies are also supported the findings that sedentary life style causes increasing risks for diabetes, colon cancer, high blood pressure and occurrence of cholesterol. Heath education topics at schools should be established according to ages, intelligent levels and needs of children. Knowledge and practice should be integrated in these health education activities. By this way, it provides to better understanding for health concepts and adopting some behavior styles for lifelong habits. Effective health education programs are focused on classroom. But also it should concern with reached to families and society by attendance of all school personals. Health education issues should be presented by participating and interactive education techniques. Also, health education program should integrate the preparing, enabling and strengthen factors which effect behaviors of person. If a highly motivated and strengthened behavior could not be achieved; this would be precluded and wouldn’t be performed. Therefore, the programs include the methods and tools for uncovering the factors that enabled behavior changing and strengthened the positive health habits should be arranged, instead of health education programs for school-age children that focused on knowledge, behaviors and skills

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