| Process
for Healthy C.H.A.N.G.E.
(Connect Health and Needs, Get Excited)
| HKC
guides a process that |
| 1. |
Applies
best practices and guidelines from
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
other leading experts in the field of childhood
obesity.
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| 2. |
Develops
appealing, fun, welcoming, inviting, easy and simple
ideas. Ideas that blend:
•Role
modeling
•Linking
(connecting people and messages)
•Consistent
messages
•Fun,
appealing actions
•Behavior
change strategies (including social marketing and
social cognitive theory)
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| 3. |
Incorporates
strategies for sustainable change. |
Full
Team Approach!
 The
Healthy Kids Challenge process includes a full-team
approach to taking actions that influence healthy
eating and/or physical activity. The goal of the team
is to look at the whole environment, rather than focusing
on a single factor such as a lack of
nutrition education, insufficient time for physical
education, meals or snacks.
Every
Day Practices!
Key to the process is a focus on:
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Making healthy choices (instead of a focus on weight)
- How
all foods fit with healthy balance
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Integrating skill building activities into daily practices
- Increasing
the minutes kids are in motion through the day
Simple
Action Steps!
The
HKC process consists of 5 action steps. The
HKC Take Healthy Action
booklet is a guidebook for the following action steps:
1. Build a team of KidLinks™?
(A KidLink™ is anyone with a connection to kids)
2. Look at what exists
3. Plan and take healthy action
4. Measure progress
5. Celebrate
Best
Practices and Shining
Stars provide examples of how the HKC process has
helped schools!
Make
a difference. Use the following HKC tips to get started
now!
Getting
Started Tips
Help
people understand the need for creating healthy change,
the kind of change you want to make, and the resulting
benefits.
>>
Understand the need for all kids, regardless of weight,
to lead healthy, active lives.
Click
here to understand the need
>>
Getting Started. Demonstrate the kinds of changes you
want to make.
Click
here for ideas
>>
Understand the benefits of healthy change.
Click
here for benefits
>>
Use an educational event to motivate people.
Click
here to download an educational event
Are
you ready? Join us in Taking the Challenge for Healthy
Kids by 2010!
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