School Nutrition Education Program
Reading up the Food Guide Pyramid
EatFit
EatFit
Objective:
To change the nutrition and fitness behaviors of middle
school youth through nine activity packed lessons.
Program Overview :
- Program includes a curriculum, student workbook and website with fun online activities.The target audience are middle school students.
- It is designed for a classroom setting; easily adapted for after-school programs.
- Social cognitive theory drives the program's behavior change strategies.
- Goal setting is used as the strategy in Eatfit to change nutrition and fitness behaviors.
- Age appropriate motivators are used: appearance, energy, fitness, and independence.
- Uses a youth focused UC Davis Eating Analysis software program to assist in analysis of each youth's personal eating patterns.
- Opportunities for skill building are provided through interactive problem solving activities.
- Experiential or hands-on learning is the educational method applied throughout.
Curriculum Lesson Components:
- Overview-will highlight the main reasons and justification for each topic.
- Timeline-a quick reference to show how each lesson should flow and approximately how long the sections will take.
- Objectives-by the end of each lesson, students should be able to accomplish the competencies listed.
- Getting Ready-check list of items that need to be prepared or obtained prior to the lesson.
Lessons:
- Foundation: How much do you really know?
- What Are You Eating? Let's rate your eating.
- Get Psyched for Fitness: Are you ready for the challenge?
- Energy: Get plugged in for more power!
- Food Label Fax: Sending you a message.
- Got Breakfast? Milk it for all it's worth.
- Body Work: Under construction
- EatFit @ Fast Food: What a whopper of an idea.
- TV Training: Tune-in to this.
- Interactive website to preview: http://eatfit.net
For more information call Angie Tazio, Nutrition Education Program Manager for Tulare County at (559) 685-3309 ext 219 or aftazio@ucdavis.edu
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