HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) – Fourth graders from Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, and Webster counties took in quite a lot of bodily and academic actions throughout Nebraska Health and Diet Day.
College students made their means round to 14 completely different stations the place they had been taught about issues like parts sizes, how one can learn vitamin labels and likewise go concerned in numerous interactive actions.
Although it’s normally an annual occasion it was referred to as off for a few years because of the pandemic. Lauren Shackelford, who’s the native NKFND and illness investigator for the South Heartland District Well being Division stated she was completely satisfied to see it return.
“It’s actually thrilling to see all these children again and having the ability to do bodily actions they’ve by no means skilled earlier than and study vitamin and the way to decide on more healthy choices once they eat,” Shackelford stated.
She stated it’s essential to show children about health and vitamin ranging from a younger age.
Fourth grader John Martinez from Adams Central Elementary College famous this discipline journey taught him why it’s so essential to remain lively.
“So we may keep energized and hold us transferring,” Martinez stated.
Round 320 fourth graders got here out to the sixteenth 12 months of the occasion. Shackelford stated they hoped to have the Health and Diet Day return to its regular time within the fall subsequent 12 months.
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