The event described below is a good opportunity to share your nutrition savvy with teenagers in a non-threatening situation, and you will get experience thinking "on your feet" (that is, without rehearsing). You will also learn first-hand what teenagers know and what they think they know about food and nutrition 

Please get in touch with Merton Wisdom at the cc above if you would like to take part in this one-time high school event. 

I have a model of 5 pounds of body fat that you're welcome to borrow.  It's great for starting a dialogue. I also have about 50 test tubes that illustrate how much fat is in various foods. Just comparing the fat in whole vs skim milk is an eye-opener.


Arlene Spark, EdD, RD, FADA, FACN
Professor
CUNY School of Public Health
Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center
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From: Merton Wisdom [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 11:45 AM
To: Arlene Spark
Subject: Health Fair

Good Morning Ms. Spark,

Let me take this opportunity to introduce myself.

I am the High School Nursing Supervisor for the Bronx and Staten Island High Schools.

One of the High Schools in the Bronx , the Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School (12X682) will be having a Health Fair on April 2, 2014. The focus will be "Obesity"

We are requesting a representative  from your department to set up a nutrition booth, and to educate the students  on the amount of fats in the foods we eat.

Please let me know if you will be able to honor this request.

Thank you,




Merton Wisdom RN, BSN, MSN
Supervising Nurse
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Office of School Health
Gotham Center
42-09 28th Street
Queens NY 11101
Office: 347-396-7867
Cell: 646-235-2755
Fax: 347-396-4565
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