AOK project is the prevention of overweight children and the tiger is
the symbol of it. Strong as Tiger and also moved to be the boys and
girls, and therefore "Tiger Kids". v.l. Sabine Schöbel, Heike mast
Dürwald and Silke Wiederspahn-Hopmann
Werdohl. "Tiger Kids are much more fun than candy apples." This is a
slogan that is initially for the next three years in an urban
kindergarten Funkenburg application. A project of the Army is the
prevention of overweight children and the tiger is the symbol of it.
Strong as Tiger and also moved to be the boys and girls, and therefore
"Tiger Kids".
The teachers Silke Wiederspahn-Hopmann and Sabine Schöbel attended a
course at the Army Headquarters on proper nutrition and exercise for
the children Fiterhaltung. Three years before moving to the
kindergarten by now accompanied by the AOK project, then it can remain
permanently on success.
At a parents' evening last Monday explained graduate nutritional
scientist Heike mast Dürwald, what is important in the diet. She
pointed to the food pyramid and those foods that eaten priority and
those that should be eaten as little as possible. A plate of healthy
food was in kindergarten and it will fill a train whose carriages the
children with the food - healthy, the very front.
Playfully and without bans
Children should be accustomed to drink when thirsty prefer something
other than sweet sodas or sweetened juices. The same is true with
candy in their place is better then eaten fruit. Play a role in dairy
products and meat and sausage says to watch out. Heike mast Dürwald
referred to the slogan: "Tiger Kids are very special children. They
prefer to eat apples, tomatoes and carrots instead of hamburgers,
chips and candy. They drink water, fruit juice and juice instead of
soda. And they move at least an hour a day. "
Task of the kindergarten in the project is to communicate this to the
children and also give information to parents. Information with
instructions received from the Army. "It's simple and playful without
bans. When the Tiger Kids makes a clever tiger before the other, as
they eat healthy and move to it, "said the ecotrophologist the
project.
