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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-11-06, Page 7ti,:71.°11 • 1,0 affecteatbig patterns, Poor eating habits may , teensgers potenUal in InaTiV areas - academically, mentally, ISTi etc."1 don't have , time.. It's too inuck bother..'"I don't e”," Tbese are very common excuses used by tAonager$ to account for their slackeating habits. Many a ?nether will have heard these • at one time or another when she IS preparing a nutritious nigkitl for her teenager, It has. been found that due to our hectic schedules we tend to snack more as our alternative to nutritionally balanced meals. Better nutrition can be expected from eating regular meals dailY, with each moat providing a variety of foods. Meal hours do not need to -be it rigid, but a daily food lineup should be followed. Most parents advise their teenage children -,*no snacks". Snack foods 'need not be eliminated entirely, but should be added only after nutrient requirements have been met and when body weight permits extra sources of ertergy. sr For many teenagers the most strenuous activity they participate in each day is walking to and from classes, Guest opinion belng physicaily active. De to this fact many people cannot afford toeat snit weight problem created. Since the Week of _ovemher 2-11p 1975 Is riatrition Week sponsored by the Ohtarlo Dietetic Association, the staff members of the Central Huron Chronicle prepared 0 questionnaires to survey the eating habits of the students atourschoel. We were very surprised when the results were tabulated to find that of the 75 students interviewed, most have good eating habits. Most of the students do eat regular meals daily. Sixty- nine per cent of the students were found to eat breakfast, with breakfast meaning more than a cup of coffee. Eighty- seven per cent eat lunch while 100., per cent eat dinner regularly. It was found though that not many of the students aim for 5 -point meals, with a food from each of the five food groups in the Canadian Food Guide. Only 49 percent' of the students interviewed drink four cups of milk per day; 59 percent have two servings of fruit or juice; 69 percent eat two servings of vegetables per day while 80 percent have one serving of potatoes. With sandwiches being the major item of a student's lunch, bread and one serving 01 meat a xea! substitut were bigh on intake With 94 percent and 99 percent respectively. Eighty percent otthestudents interviewed d° eat Ieast three times a „w4takCht anal eggs •and cheese 48 percentbave one serving4 cereai each Aithough the "no St14041r. idea is projectedto teenagers by parents, coaches and teachers, 90 percent of those asked if they snack between or ter meals responded enthUslastleallar. These students were then asked what they snack upon. Fruit was chosen first with 73 percent choosing,. it above other popular snack foods. Thirty-one percent of the students Indicated they chose potato ail* as a snack food and 41 percent chose chocolate bars, 42 percent Pep. 18 percent peanuts and 62 percent something_ other than -what was listed. By this result it looks like snacking is probably hereto stay. Perhaps if improvements were made in the food available at 'school, whether from vending machines or the cafeteria; or if a nutrition study was incorporated into the course content of various *subject areas such as geography, history, etc., teenagers would find that nutrition, is important for healthy bodies. With proper• nutrition teenagers and everyone would all be better people - healthwise. junior girstb tend 7 lay Central here October 30, bi note, Thedefeated V( The gints 111YEA a POO game but coutd not break through Stratfoied's defence b On TuesdaY, the 28th of October, the, ,ftutior football Redmen closed their season with a loss, to Stratford Central. This was their sixth straight loss and fifth shutout of the season. The score was 140. So closed what was Probably one of the worst seasons for the Juniors. Inconsistency scored heavily against them, as well as inexperience. This team had lost some of last year's Juniors to make a cham- pionship senior team and others had never returned to continue football. This gap had to be filled with willing but inex- perienced first year students. Spirit was high but knowledge of the game was limited. Next year, though, the able coaches, Mr. Clynick and Mr. Munro will have something to work with. They will have a team which will have ex- perience, knowledge and spirit and nothing in the way to the championships. to spore points. This ends well fought 'Imam*, for the &IA, • The senior girls also played last Thursday again* the StrattortiCentral"Kamble, It was an exciting game - with the sore at the 'et. '01 the . fourth quarter ties$ bet- ween the two teams, 29-29. In the three minute over- time Stratford managed to' get by our defence to score three points ertdvin thesame with the final score 3249. Although we OK not win our * last game. the girls put on a, real Wort to make a geed showing. Good luck to both teams next veer,. You have probably heard expressions such as "idle talk", "hitter -chatter" and the like. Expressions such as those have led many people today to hold a cynical view of the practice of speaking and discussion. Contrary to popular belief, talk is not cheap In fact, the art of speaking, or debating, is a tool useful in running wan- -tries. businesses, organizations, and generally, • include us in future field trips and seminars. For example, last spring we were fortunate to see a studio taping ot Global's "The Great Debate". So. hopefully, many more teaming opportunities such as this will come our way. In the meantime, we will be busily preparing. under the guidance of Miss Twiss, for our regular season. If any student would like to join the club, or just see us at work, visit Room 132 every second Wednesday, or contact Miss Twin or Lori York. Visitor: "Does, your baby brother talk yet?" Freddy: "He doesn't have to. He gets everything he wants by yelling." • learning to communicate 'School should encourage nutrition eitea, with other people. liebanng IS the "art at 1.:41v‘ OSS country over - by Lis McHugh It has been general knowledge that the eating habits of teenagers are far from -being close to the nutritional requirements 01 that age group. This has been proved by several surveys and poll groups such as the one done recently in CHSS. Poor nutrition has a direct affect on the ability 0 students to benefit from their school education - i.e. - the student will tire easily and find it difficult to con- centrate; if there is a weight problem, he or she may become emotionally affected by it, and of course Ube is not eating properly, he'll be absent frequently from school due to illness. I firmly believe that the school feeding program has a _ significant role in the promotion and maintenance of a student's health as well as prevention of illness. Therefore food availability in the cafeteria should provide an educational example for the formation of good food habits. 1 would also like to mention the fact that snack foods that are nutritionally inadequate but dentally acceptable as well as snacks nutritionally and dentally inadequate should not be available in the school. The school system could assist in improving this situation by directing nutrition education to the particular 'concerns of the audience, emphasizing nutrition as an essential part of heEdth school curricula; ensuring that eating facilities and food selections in schools encourage sound eating habits; giving emphasis to physical activity programs which develop participants, not spectators and which do not stress highly competitive sports. In essence, goad dental apd nutritional snacks such as plain milk; plain yogurt; cheese and crackers; raw fruits and vegetables (i.e. carrot sticks); unsweetened fruit and vegetable juices; hard cooked devilled eggs; peanuts, seeds (sunflower, pumpkin); nuts awl bolts; sandwiches; hot dogs; hamburgers and pizza should be offered to the students in the cafeteria. "Good food habits throughout life in harmony with other aspects of health care, provide a strong foundation for optional community health." presenting a viewpoint which is supported by solid proof, and expressed in a clear and concise fashion. 'this ability to isolate facts from trivia and arrange them in a logical, meaningful form is the aim of debating, and the aim of our club. This is an important year for the CHSS Debating Club, for we are now a member of the Ontario Student Debating Association, a body which promotes student debating in theprovince. ' Besides being informed of the tournaments to come, we will receive information of debating events and ideas. Our membership will also On Friday, October 24th, 11 'CHSS students competed in W .0.S .S.A. at Exeter. Out of the eleven the best finishers were Debbie Postma, 27th in midget girls; Sheila Arnston, 23rd in junior girls; George Collins, 42nd in midget boys. This is the last meet of the season and congratulations go to the team for the hard work that all the members did. The cross country team this year consisted of : Jane Allan, Michelle Corbett, Debbie Postma, Kathy Martens and Christina Valkenburg in the midget girls; George Collins, Gary Heipel, Claude Daw, Adrian Rehorst, Andy Carralio and Andy Battye for the midget boys. Members of the Junior girls team were Doris Heipei, Jean Sierstema, Sheila Arnston, Jane Symons and Chris Battye. Junior boys consisted of Wayne Colclough, Bob Laurence, Alex,Harrett, Ron Smith, Jim Armstrong and Mark Battye. Senior girls were Nancy MacDonald and Sylvia Allison. Senior boys were Allan Lavis, David Clynick and Robert Menzies. CLINTON 9 - 12 p.m. 6 ADMISSION 52.75 with student card s3.00 without • –OUL: When 1 do get asked out (Which isn't very often) I find myself comparing iM the • other boys to this one. Inever Dear Annie My problem has been bothering me for quite a while - four years to be exact. Since started high school 1 have liked one certain boy. He's very shy and never speaks, to hardly -anyone. 1 am kind of shy with (although many people think 1 am not) so really don't know how to approach him. He's never gone 'out before, so 1 don't want to scare him off; very old fashioned so there's nO way rut going to ask hint Gotteatot visit SHOPPERS SQUARE • 'moo Stores ere go out with a goy more than once because they don't stack up to him. Please give me your advice before 1 am. — Destined to be An Old Maid Dear Old Maid To Be: I'm sure that your problem is not that bad that you think you are going to be an old maid. If you like this certain guy so much, yet you don't want to ask him out, smile at him -or say hi to him when you meet him in the halls. It is possible that he feels the same about you and is just waiting for you to show you like him. If it doesn't work out with him, don't give the other guys such a bad time bA tom. paring. thein to ,that certain boy. It is ,possible that the certain &Y.- Mt some faults that you don't know about. Let the other guys have a chance too. Dear Annie am pregnant and my -11iitett **stet know because he Is not the father. Should I tell Wm....Pat So Dear FatIlo: . know this may not help much but 1lthink this is a decision you have tomakefor yourself. 1 can oniy suggest that if he will 4. sometime and be even more upset. On the other hand, if you do tell him you are taking a chance of losing him. What ever you decide hope it works out, + + Dear Annie •1 have this terrible problem. One of my teachers has a crush on me. I'm so embarrassed. All he does is stare at me. I try to avoid him in the halls but he is always there. All the other kids are starting to get suspicious and they're starting /to think there's something going on between us. —Embarrassed. Dear Embarrassed : Are you sure this is what you think it is. It moo* be a coincidence that You kW, meeting him in the halls. If your friends think there is. something going on, you better straighten them out before somebody gets hurt very bad. , Palsiiseturity At this time of year drivers can expect ice patches on the.. rottd, particularly in the early morning hours on tmd under bridges. Be on the &dart for those grey patches indicating Ice, states the Ontario Safety Leapt and don't be lulled Into a false Sense of security by the bright 'tali sun. 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