With the alarming rates of obesity amongst young children, there is a growing need to direct health literacy levels to bring an end to the epidemic (Cole and Lobstein, 291). The health literacy is reinforced by formulating a flyer that communicates the essence of instilling a healthy lifestyle on the young ones. The template will enable people to obtain and understand fundamental medical information that will facilitate the making of appropriate choices. Since the kids do not have a say when it comes to what they are fed, the responsibility falls on their parents or guardians to secure the future of their young ones. Hence, the parents and guardians are the target audience in this particular situation (Campbell, 1480). The design principles prevalent in the template include the use of short paragraphs that are concise and straight to the point, headers to differentiate the content and keep similar ideas together, the text was left justified, and a constant font of Times New Roman. This paper entails a reflective stance of the flyer involving how to prevent obesity in children between 2 and 5 years.
The brochure attempts to create a representation that is low-grade level. The aspect ensures that more people can understand the content provided in the document. With adequate experience in writing and using low-grade level language principles, it was easy to create a flyer that communicates the information in a vivid manner. The process of creating a readable document was not easy as well as incorporating language principles such as the use of active voice. It required extra caution to ensure that adherence to the guidelines. However, the requirements did not take the fun out of creating the template (Ogden, et al, 484).
Before embarking on the procedure of developing the flyer, I only had a theoretical view of how to carry out the process of formulating a template. The activity was filled with failed attempts that led to me to create an exceptional representation of the message that I intend to drive across. First, I wrote the content of the flyer in a word document to ensure that I had addressed all the angles of the issue of obesity amongst young children. After that, I derived the template from Microsoft Word and a real image from Office.com (Langman, et.al, 70). I had to ensure that I placed the diagram in a good position that would not interfere with the information in the flyer. The image also had to be related to the topic, so I chose a picture displaying a healthy meal.
I changed a couple of items before coming up with the final draft. First, I had to ensure that the low-grade level dialect principles were evident throughout the text. I also changed the image and the type of flyer to make sure that I had the ones that aligned with my objectives. The entire process was educative and fascinating. I had earlier attempted to make templates for practical purposes, but this one was the first flyer I made to address academic content. Hence, I acquired additional tips in the process to present an attractive piece (Davis and Lisa, 13).
The activity was both educative in a medical stance as well as in a design front. I obtained health tips that I relegated in the document for parents and guardians to safeguard their children from obesity. In the design perspective, I had made my first complete template successfully. I learned how to derive the flyer from Word as well as the image in the document. Conclusively, creating the brochure was purposeful, fun, and simple.
Works Cited
Campbell, Frances, et al. "Early childhood investments substantially boost adult health." Science 343.6178 (2014): 1478-1485.
Cole, T. J., and T. Lobstein. "Extended international (IOTF) body mass index cut‐offs for thinness, overweight and obesity." Pediatric obesity 7.4 (2012): 284-294.
Davis, Janet, and Lisa P. Nathan. "Value Sensitive Design: Applications, Adaptations, and Critiques." Handbook of Ethics, Values, and Technological Design: Sources, Theory, Values and Application Domains (2015): 11-40.
Langman, Catherine N., Judith S. Zawojewski, and Stephanie R. Whitney. "Five Principles for Supporting Design Activity." Connecting Science and Engineering Education Practices in Meaningful Ways. Springer International Publishing, 2016. 59-105.
Ogden, Cynthia L., et al. "Prevalence of obesity and trends in body mass index among US children and adolescents, 1999-2010." Jama 307.5 (2012): 483-490.
