Take Action

Childhood obesity statistics are alarming. However, Healthy Kids Challenge challenges you to go beyond a focus on the obesity problem and Take Action with simple solutions that can help improve health for ALL kids and their families. Use HKC healthy tips, newsletter, E-Challenge, toolkits, and programs to create or improve school, organization, and community policies and practices that support healthy food choices and physical activity.

Healthy Kids Challenge shows you 6 ways to healthier children and families:

• active play - Active Play, Balance My Day
• breakfast - Breakfast GO Power
• healthy drink choices - Drink Think
• fruits and veggies - Fruits & Veggies - Every Day the Tasty Way
• smart servings - Smart Servings
• healthy snacks - Snack Attack
   

Take Action Steps YOU can take today!

• Download a NEW health and nutrition tip sheet the first week of every month. Enjoy these simple solutions to better health!
  Current Tip: Breakfast GO Power - Become a Breakfast Eater!
   
• Sign-up for My Healthy Challenge, an E-Challenge that comes right to your inbox each month. My Healthy Challenge offers fun challenges for yourself, co-workers, or children and families. Each month's challenges focus on one of the Healthy6 messages to help you with healthy food and physical activity choices.
   
• Sign-up for Wednesday W.O.W.S (Wonderful Opportunities with Schools) E-newsletter. A weekly E-newsletter sent during the school year chock full of activity ideas for nutrition education for children, grant opportunities, and the latest in health and nutrition.

 TAKE ACTION “Starter Ideas” for:

• Families
• School and program administrators
• Educators (teachers and youth leaders)
• Creative cafeteria staff
   

Our goal is to help kids and families Eat – Move – Enjoy Healthy Balance™