{"id":739,"date":"2009-10-19T18:28:51","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T01:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=739"},"modified":"2009-11-25T19:57:03","modified_gmt":"2009-11-26T02:57:03","slug":"alternatives-to-food-rewards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=739","title":{"rendered":"Alternatives to Food Rewards"},"content":{"rendered":"

At school, home, and throughout the community kids are offered food as a reward for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153good\u00e2\u20ac\u009d behavior. Often these foods have little or no nutritional value but are easy, inexpensive, and can bring about short-term behavior change.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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There are many disadvantages to using food as a reward:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00c2\u00a7<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>It undermines nutrition education being taught in the school \/ home environment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a7<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>It encourages overconsumption of foods high in added sugar and fat.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a7<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>It teaches kids to eat when they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not hungry as a reward to themselves.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kids learn preferences for foods made available to them, including those that are unhealthy. Poor food choices and inadequate physical activity contribute to overweight and obesity. Currently, obesity among kids is at epidemic levels and can often lead to serious health problems.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Students Learn What They Live<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kids naturally enjoy eating healthy and being physically active. Schools and communities need to provide them with an environment that supports healthy behaviors. Below are some alternatives for students to enjoy instead of being offered food as a reward at school.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ZERO-COST ALTERNATIVES<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sit by friends<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Watch a video<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Read outdoors<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Walk with a teacher during lunch<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Eat lunch outdoors with the class<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Teach the class<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Have extra art time<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Enjoy class outdoors<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Have an extra recess<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dance to favorite music in the classroom<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Get \u00e2\u20ac\u0153free choice\u00e2\u20ac\u009d time at the end of the day<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Listen with a headset to a book on audiotape<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Play a computer game<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Read to a younger class<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Get a no homework pass<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make deliveries to the office<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Have a teacher perform special skills (i.e. sing)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Have a teacher read a special book to the class<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen to music while working<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Play a favorite game or puzzle<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Earn play money for privileges<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Be a helper in another classroom<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Eat lunch with a teacher or principal<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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LOW-COST ALTERNATIVES<\/span><\/p>\n

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Select a paperback book<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Enter a drawing for donated prizes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Take a trip to the treasure box (non-food items)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Get stickers, pencils, and other school supplies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Receive a video store or movie theatre coupon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Get a set of flash cards printed from a computer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Receive a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mystery pack\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (notepad, folder, sports cards, etc.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Although specifically targetted at the classroom, many ideas can be adopted to use at home as well!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At school, home, and throughout the community kids are offered food as a reward for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153good\u00e2\u20ac\u009d behavior. Often these foods have little or no nutritional value but are easy, inexpensive, and can bring about short-term behavior change. \u00c2\u00a0 There are many disadvantages to using food as a reward: \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a0 It undermines nutrition education being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,57,8,10],"tags":[408,212],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2532,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions\/2532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}