Fit and fun families take action
Healthy Kids Challenge encourages you to start where you can with supporting community and school wellness actions or personal changes. HKC healthy eating and physical activity tips make putting wellness into practice easier.
Fit and Fun Families!
It is time to Eat- Move -Enjoy Balance™!
Regardless of weight, a majority of Americans are not eating healthy or getting enough physical activity. With better choices, we can hope to reach optimum wellness. For children, the rewards are even greater! Studies show there is a link with healthy eating, physical activity and academic success.
Take action for healthier kids today!
Support others who are leading the way.
- Support healthy fundraisers such as Healthy Kids Dance™
- At school or in community programs, provide healthy snack options such as healthy trail mix, pretzels, low fat yogurt, orange wedges, or low fat pudding
- As a reward, suggest physical activity such as extra recess or P.E., rather than food
Make personal choices that model healthy eating and and activity behaviors for others.
Apply the HKC Eat –Move –Enjoy Balance™ motto.
Use the tips below and sign-up for HKC’s My Healthy Challenge and receive monthly ideas for making healthy eating and physical activity choices a habit.
Active Play EVERY Day!
Create a fitness game by writing your own "active play movement cards". For each card, come up with a FUN idea, like the following:
- Dance the "twist" for 1 minute.
- Toss a soft foam ball up in the air and turn around 1 time before catching it. Repeat this 5 times.
- Hop forward-backward-right-left. Repeat 3 times.
To play: Each person draws a card and everyone joins in with the active play directions!
Snack Attack!
Try these “Whiz Kids' Healthy Snack Recipe Ideas” or create your own!
- Spread toasted mini-waffles (homemade or frozen) with peanut butter.
- Top a flour tortilla with low-fat cheese. Microwave or broil until the cheese is melted and top with salsa.
- Why not choose cereal as a snack? Add sliced bananas (or another fruit) to cereal and low-fat milk.
- Spoon chopped peaches (or another fruit) into a bowl. Top with a spoonful of low fat pudding and sprinkle with a crushed graham cracker.
