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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, October 1-4, 2005 The Park Record B-12 Volunteers g o south o f the border BlOW Three PCHS teens help village in Peru By JARED WHITLEY Of the Record staff Three Park City teens look iwo weeks out of their summer to toil in the South American jungle-village Yanamono. Seniors MarJee Davis, Jon Dalton, and Brooke Wangsgard traveled through the Rotary-sponsored group Youthlinc to Peru with a group of students and health-care professionals. "I really like doing service and I thought it would be a really good experience, and it was," Davis said. The volunteers taught classes at local schools, helped construct a fence and raised walkway, and provided medical care. Davis said they also brought clothing donated by PCHS students so even,' member of the village received new shirts, pants, socks, and shoes. The best part of the trip for Davis was playing with the children. She said they hung out together "all the lime." "They ran to us when we came COURTESY OF MARLEE DAVIS Park City High School senior Marlee Davis hugs a young friend in the Peruvian village of Yanamono, where she spent two weeks of service. off the boat," she said. erwise wouldn't have. Davis speaks enough Spanish to get by to teach the kids, and the group brought school supplies to last a year - supplies the village oth- "Helping the village for the 14 days T was there was probably the best feeling I've ever had," Davis said. Conditions in Yanamono were third-world, with no electricity or running water, Davis reported, although the group stayed at a lodge with water (they weren't allowed to drink) and electricity (for one hour per day). "It was just crazy, it was so much different from what we see," Davis said. The experience taught her "to appreciate everything that I have and become educated that there are people out there that are just so unfortunate." Wangsgard said. "For me Peru was such an amazing experience I learned how important Spanish was, or knowing any second language for that matter." Her favorite memory was giving a pair of shorts to a 5-year-old boy on the last day. His eyes "completely lit up and he hugged me," Wangsgard said. Then when Wangsgard got in the boat to leave, he wouldn't let go. "Youthlinc is such a wonderful program that opens your eyes to new things and forces you to look at your life and reevaluate everything you linvc and everything you take for granted." Wangsgard said. "The entire Peru trip was the greatest thing I've ever taken part of.11 Kids need a jumps tart on heart health A Neighborhood Italian Cafe FAMOUS 4 COURSE GOURMET DINNER CALL 435-649-7090 FOR DETAILS & RESERVATIONS Marriot Summit Watch Plaza 900 (Main Street Dinner Nightly from 5:00 pm Closed Wednesday "Per Person. Not valid with any orlicr offer. 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Key recommendations for children age two and older are: •Balance dietary calories with physical activity to maintain normal growth: •Sixty minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity daily; •Eat vegetables and fruits daily. limit juice intake; •Use vegetable.oils and soft margarines low in saturated fat and Irans-fattv acids instead of butter or M most other animal fats in the diet; •Eat whole grain breads and cereals rather than refined grain products: •Reduce the intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and foods; •Use nonfat (skim) or low-fat milk and dairy products daily; •Eat more fish, especially oily fish, broiled or baked; •Reduce salt intake, including salt from processed foods. Start in infancy In addition, the new recommendations encourage parents and pediatricians to take a "primordial prevention" approach -- taking steps in a child's infancy to prevent heart disease and stroke risk factors from developing. "Foods given to babies today are less nutritious than 10 or 20 years ago," said Samuel S. Gidding, M.D.. chair of the writing committee and professor of pediatric cardiology at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. "By 19 months of age, on any given day, one-third of toddlers eat no fruit, and french fries are the most commonly con- sumed vegetable. "We're concerned that poor diets have begun to seem normal - if someone else's baby is eating french fries, why can't mine? We want to point out that these practices are providing poor nutrition and causing kids to be overweight at their two-year-old check-ups," Gidding said. The committee urges parents to model healthy behaviors for their children by getting regular physical activity, eating healthy foods during family meals and not smoking. "Parents can have more impact with a 'do-as-I-do1 rather than a 'doas-I-say' approach," Gidding said. "Children are much more responsive to actions than to words." The American Heart Association writing committee addressed the country's growing obesity epidemic by considering the total caloric needs of children based on age, gender and level of physical activity, said Barbara A. Dennison, M.D., co-chair of the writing committee and associate professor of clinical pediatrics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. "The recommendations use the concept of discretionary calories which was also used in the USDA Dietary Guidelines," she said. "After one meets nutritional requirements by consuming recommended amounts of nutrient-dense foods and beverages, the additional calories to meet energy needs and for normal growth are discretionary calories." Nutrient-dense foods and beverages are the leanest forms of meat and fish, fat-free milk, fruits, vegetables and grains prepared without any added sugar or fat. For example, if a grain is eaten as a sweetened cereal instead of plain piece of bread, or two-percent milk is consumed instead of fat-free milk, the difference utilizes discretionary calories. "The intent is not to count calories, but to be aware that children who are inactive need to eat nutrient-dense foods -- those with little added sugar or fat -- to avoid excess calories," she said. L r n 1 he Park Record introduces its new online IT'S YOURS!! ts, Mugs, Mousepads, T-shirts, Magnets Go to and select: photo reprints for information 649-9014 rder reprints of Park Record photos M$nM 9W ?Ward winning sfc$|f |