How will the Health and Well-Being of a Community Improve with the Creation of a Community Project?

How will the health and well-being of a community improve with the creation of a community project?”
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Introduction
Healthy eating is crucial to maintaining health and their well-being. In the case of children and the young, healthy eating influences their growth, development and future to ensure that the children and young people eat healthy foods and diets, it is necessary to sensitize them of their eating behaviours and patterns (Mikkelsen, et al., 2014, p. 16). The more they are informed they more it is likely that they will live healthy lifestyles even as they get older. The primary caregivers of children and young people also influence the eating their eating habits, while schools and policy makers also influence eating habits. This project is a key to support Every Child Matters and the outcome of Be Healthy for children and young people.
Rationale
There is growing concern that efforts towards improving eating healthy foods of children and adolescents have not had the desired results. There is a need to identify the benefits of community-based food programs. There are children and young people who do not have access to affordable and accessible healthy food options. This is especially among the low-income groups, where the choice of food available is neither nutritious nor healthy. At other times, there are, ‘food desert’ areas that lack nutritionally adequate diets and this affects the healthy well-being of the residents. Schools have a role to play to improve the health of children and young people regardless of their backgrounds, and this is particularly beneficial for those who have low participation in programmes promoting healthy lifestyles.
Community-based initiatives improve the health of children and young people in various ways through increasing access to healthier food options (Jones, et al., 2014, p. 5). The people also get more knowledgeable and they are more likely to take an active role in choosing healthy lifestyles. The children and young people also get connected through networks that offer valuable information on healthy food choices and nutrition and the role of physical activities in improving health outcomes. Parents are also likely to be more engaged in supporting healthy eating as they understand that nutrition deficiency has a long-term impact on the health of their children. Information extends to cooking, maintaining the safety of food preparation as well as their food choices. As children and the young learn skills parents and teachers are likely to find it easier to engage them in healthy activities.
Besides low nutrition and lack of information on healthy eating, there are challenges to marinating healthy lifestyles when the targeted individuals live in areas where the most common foods are the unhealthy ones. The risk of obesity affects the wellbeing of children and young people, and this is especially for those used to fast foods that are cheap but low in nutritional value (Mikkelsen, et al., 2014, p.16). Improving healthy eating habits can influence the health of family members and the community as more people are engaged to transforming the health of the community members. Engaging the families and children in the...