About this course
Promoting optimum health is of great concern to today's policy makers, employers, educators, child care staff, and families everywhere. This is partly due to an awareness of the negative impact poor health has on individuals, families, and society. Health promotion includes anything that strives to facilitate optimum well-being, or the ability for individuals to reach their fullest potential physically, psychologically, socially, spiritually, and economically. This course will discuss ways to promote health and wellness in children. From key definitions to identifying the educator's and family's role in encouraging wellness, healthy eating, and physical activity for young children, this course will prepare those who work with young children to promote optimum health.
