Early Childhood Conference in Fort Simpson
(Continued from previous page) Tips
for healthy eating habits
- Eat together. Children who eat with
others eat better and have healthier eating habits.
- Sit down
at the table together with the radio and TV off.
- Avoid rushing
through
the meal.
- Don't use food as a reward or punishment.
- Be
a good role model; prepare and eat healthy foods.
- Kids like to
eat foods that that are presented in fun and interesting ways:
different colours, shapes and flavours.
- Talk about the food,
where it came from, how it was prepared and how it makes
them feel.
- Let your child help prepare the meal, set the table,
and help
with the clean up.
- Use the NWT Food Guide to help you make
good food choices for both you and your child.
- For more
nutrition information contact your regional nutritionist.
Fetal
Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder
Kathy Paul Drover
from the Yellowknife Association for Community Living
presented on Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
(FASD). FASD is a term used to describe a range of clinical
diagnoses that
are the result of drinking alcohol during pregnancy.
There are a range
of effects.  No two people are affected in the same
way. The effects can range from mild to severe. It is
not curable.
FASD
is permanent
brain damage.
Complex issue
FASD
is a complex issue. It is important to remember that
women do not choose
to damage
their
unborn
child. Women selfmedicate with alcohol and drugs
as a means of
dealing with mental health problems and life circumstances
such as violence and poverty. Of women who continue
to substance misuse during
pregnancy, 80% live with men who do not want them
to stop drinking
and 90% have serious problems with depression. Women
who substance misuse
during pregnancy come from all ethnic backgrounds. (Continued ... ) |
