Head Start teachers behind on nutrition, study finds

This article, by Kathryn Doyle, attempts to raise awareness of the importance of educating youth kids about healthy choices. Doyle begins the article using logos when she expresses the concern found in a study that many preschool teachers seem to have unhealthy eating habits. The study was conducted primarily observing the Head Start program, which helps fund daily care for young children from low income families. Doyle uses more logos to explain the study: many teachers at Head Start centers were asked five questions about nutrition and health, and 97% of the teachers answered one to three questions incorrectly. Doyle then includes more fun facts about these teachers, such as the fact that the previous day, many had not eaten fruit, and a lot had eaten french fries. She then includes more serious facts, such as the fact that a quarter of preschoolers attending Head Start are obese. However, after criticizing Head Start, Doyle actually gives them some credit. She says that Head Start is a bit ahead of other preschool programs, which, however, is alarming, because of their lack of education in nutrition. If Head Start does not educate children properly about nutrition and they are ahead of other programs, the other programs are really doing a disservice. Doyle then includes a quotation that states that nutrition is not a big program throughout many preschools, but Doyle stresses that it should be. Doyle then includes a powerful quotation that states that poor nutritional education early in life will continue throughout elementary, middle, and high school which is not beneficial at all in leading a healthy lifestyle. Through Doyle's extensive use of logos and her inclusion of quotations from educators and those involved in the study, she conveys the urgency of changing the system in the country of educating about health and nutrition from an early age. If precautions are not taken, bad health habits will continue throughout youth and adulthood, which is the major cause of the many health problems in our nation today.


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