Carlee Mills-Doherty
Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Martin
City: Kelowna
Occupation: Teacher
Year: 2023
Subject:
- Curriculum
Description
Nutrition education has become an emerging topic within education. It has been recognized by many scholars as an important facet of curriculum (Ruiz et al., 2019; Leblanc et al., 2022; Mafugu, 2021). This need for nutrition education has arisen from a recognition of poor dietary behavior of adolescents. In 2015, the World Health Organization “estimated that one in every three adolescents worldwide was obese” (Ronto et al., 2016, p. 549). However, a lack of implementation of nutrition education, specifically within adolescents, has been recognized. Ronto and colleagues argue that “a lack of food and nutrition education has been suggested by policy makers and public health professionals as one of the main reasons for poor diet-related health outcomes of adolescents” (Ronto et al., 2016, p. 549). I argue that this neglect for nutrition education in our education system stems from a misconception of its educational value and improper implementation. However, if this value is assessed and determined worthwhile, I believe the implementation of nutrition education will be justified as educationally worthwhile and therefore be executed more effectively and meaningfully. This hyperdoc was created as a proposal and call to action for leaders within education to participate in the conversation of nutrition education and how it should look in our schools.
Student Biography
Carlee Mills-Doherty is originally from Williams Lake, B.C. and moved to Kelowna B.C. for school in 2013. Since then she has completed a Bachelors of Arts, Bachelors of Education, and Masters of Education through the University of British Columbia Okanagan. As Carlee works as a full time teacher in School District 23, she has taken specific interest in curriculum development.