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M. LOUISE FITZPATRICK COLLEGE OF NURSING

July 10 - Child's Play: Teaching Planet Protective Eating Patterns to Children webinar

The Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment (MACCHE) invites you to an upcoming webinar.

Webinar Completed

 

Promoting more plant-based foods in our children's diets is healthier for them, the family, and the planet. Climate change is already here, as evidenced by the trend of hotter summers - 2023 was Earth's hottest since global records began in 1880 and 2024 is projected to continue this trend. Adding more plant-based foods has the potential to reduce your carbon footprint and improve human health by decreasing obesity and chronic diseases. Modeling healthy eating habits for our kids and starting them on healthy diets at a young age can have a positive effect on their diet choices later in life.

About the Presenter

In this webinar, Meryl Fury, MS, RN, a public health nurse and expert in plant-based diets, will teach participants how to educate and empower children about what they can do to help protect the planet. She will explain the importance of modeling healthy behaviors for children and share ways to influence children's eating patterns and empower them to think critically about their food choices.

Learning objectives

  1. Educate and empower children about what they can do to help protect the planet 
  2. Model behaviors for children that support them in protecting the planet
  3. Influence children's eating patterns and empower them to think critically about their food choices

 

Meryl Fury

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A trained leader with more than thirty years of experience as a public health nurse, Meryl Fury, MS, RN, specializes in healthcare for vulnerable populations.  Meryl holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and a Master of Science in Nursing from North Park University. She also holds certificates in Applied Project Management (Villanova Online University), and Plant Based Nutrition (T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, eCornell).  Meryl is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and an active member of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Medical Advisory Board. She has been a proponent of plant-based eating since she was a teenager. Currently, Meryl serves as president and CEO of Plant Based Nutrition Movement, an Illonois-based 501c3, that focuses on educating the public about the benefits of plant based eating patterns to enhance and protect our children's health. Meryl relies on evidence based scientific research to deliver excellent programs on the life-giving benefits of diet to increase the human health-span, increase compassion for all beings, and protect the planet.

Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment

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