GEMS Legacy School leads future of community health with new Nutrition Curriculum

GEMS Legacy School leads future of community health with new Nutrition Curriculum

- School partners with Ninja Fit to develop food-centred content and strategies

- Launch coincides with and complements emirate-wide Dubai Fitness Challenge

DUBAI, UAE: Coinciding with the sixth annual Dubai Fitness Challenge, GEMS Legacy School has this month launched the Emirate’s first K-12 nutrition curriculum designed to promote a healthy diet, active lifestyle and fitness-focused mindset. The curriculum aims to empower the entire school community by providing students, staff and parents with the information, tools and motivation needed to make healthier food choices.

Created in partnership with the co-founders of Ninja Fit, Sameer Shaikh and Neha Chohan, the school’s new curriculum will create nutrition-centred content and strategies that are cross-curricular and can be integrated into lessons throughout the school day.

Asha Alexander, Principal of GEMS Legacy School and Executive Leader – Climate Change at GEMS Education, commented: “When teens assume more responsibility and greater autonomy in choosing what they consume, this can lead to a decline in the quality of their diets. To enhance their appreciation of food systems, we are piloting our new nutrition curriculum with students in Grades 6 and 7 for a period of six months. Our aim is to then roll this out across the whole school and encourage our