Wellness Committee
Contact Us We would love to hear from you! Are there topics you would like to see covered? Do you have articles or recipes to contribute? Would you like to volunteer? Contact: Elesia Kreinces Wellness Committee elesiamk@yahoo.com |
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VALUABLE RESOURCES
ActionForHealthyKids.org MealsMatter.org EatRight.org |
Numerous studies show that:
- Developing good health habits – including making better food choices – provides numerous benefits to kids and the adults who support them.
- When kids eat nutritious foods and get enough physical activity, their bodies and minds perform better.
- Healthy kids actually are better prepared to learn and they miss fewer days of school.
- Healthy kids are more likely to become healthy adults, increasing the possibility to avoid certain life-altering diseases later in life.
Look for Health & Wellness articles in the Breeze, visit this site on a regular basis and share your healthy ideas and resources with others.
Your input will help shape this site, as well as future Health & Wellness programs. Please contact us with topic suggestions, articles, events, recipes, and any suggestions you may have.
We look forward to hearing from you!
The Health & Wellness Committee
| TRY IT YOU'LL LIKE IT | |
 Launched last year by the PTSA Wellness Committee, Try It, You’ll Like It! is designed to introduce Sycamore Canyon kids to a variety of healthy foods and get them excited about trying something new.Once a month during morning recess, K – 5th graders are being offered a sample of something healthy to taste – with clean hands of course! They will then have the opportunity to give them a thumbs up, or down, on the “Food Voting Board” and receive a fun sticker for simply tasting. In addition, a poster teaching kids where the food comes from, how it grows and unique food facts is hung at the tasting. During the last school year, 500+ kids tried sugar snap peas, kiwis, grape tomatoes, red peppers, and Asian pears. Please visit the display outside the school library after the tasting to see how our kids voted. A special thank you goes to Paraiso Family Dental and Orthodontics for sponsoring Try It, You'll Like It! for the second year in a row. From 2011-12 Mar: Purple Carrots recipe / newsletter From 2010-11 Jan. 26: Sugar Snap recipe / newsletter Feb. 23: Kiwi recipe / newsletter Mar. 30: Tomatos recipe / newsletter Apr. 27: Asian pears recipe / newsletter May 23: Red peppers recipe / newsletter |
| RECIPE BOX | |
| Exercise and a healthy diet are the two easiest ways to keep our kids healthy. However, we all lead a busy life and it's sometimes easy to cut corners at meal times or snacks when we are pressed for time and out of ideas. Below are some creative ideas from our Recipe Box to help you with meals & snacks. Enjoy! | |
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Nutrition & Healthy Living Articles
Nutrition
- Surgeon General's Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation: Up-to-date information about American health and what can be done to create a healthier lifestyle.
- Helping Kids Make Better Food Chocies: Tips for parents and caregivers.
- Childhood Obesity: The Preventable Threat to America's Youth: A summary of current research relating to America's epidemic of childhood overweight and obesity
- Alternatives to Using Food as a Reward: Using food as a reward sends the wrong message to our kids. Here’s why and here are some alternatives.
- Healthy Eating on the Run: A Month of Tips: Most of us are looking for fast, easy and good-tasting foods to fit a busy lifestyle. Here are 30 tips to help you eat healthy when you eat out brought to you by the American Dietetic Association.
- New Study on Soda Consumption in California: Drink up the findings of this recent study done by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
- PTA Healthy Lifestyles: A Parent's Guide. PTA has put together a guide which contains up-to-date, reliable information on nutrition, physical activity, and more.
- Sugar Shock: You’ll be surprised at how much sugar your child is eating. This is a must-read!
- Parents Magazine has a plethora of informative and easy-to-read Child Nutrition articles. Click here.
Physical Activity
- Bike Safety Tips: Whether your children are biking to school, the park or a friend’s house, these bike safety tips are a must read for bikers and drivers alike.
Lifestyle
- 5 Steps to Sun Safety for Kids: The Skin Cancer Foundation estimates that 80% of lifetime sun exposure occurs during childhood -- and that just one blistering
sunburn can double the risk of getting melanoma later in life. Protect
your children by following these tips from the American Academy of
Dermatology and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Sleep is a vital need, essential to a child’s health and growth. These
tips and guidelines can help you make sure a child develops good
sleep habits.
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It's become a tradition for first ladies to have a special cause…for
Michelle Obama, a priority is promoting good health and nutrition,
especially among young people.
Helping Kids Make Better Food Choices