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"Since I started Program ENERGY, I have eaten a lot healthier. It has taught me to think about my health."
~Sara, 4th grade

PROGRAM ENERGY

• Lessons once or twice/month or 3-6/semester. Internet and on-site program delivery

• A major goal is to successfully disseminate, and then evaluate, “stand-alone” components of Program ENERGY, to two other classrooms (2nd to 4th grade) in Colorado and the Nation.

• Current research will determine if a shorter, less frequent, less labor-intensive program is also effective.

Menus and guidelines

  • A school specific Program ENERGY will be built from the menu of options and guidelines with the assistance of the Program ENERGY staff

  • Each program will consist of a set of behavioral goals, at least one nutrition, health, science, and/or physical activity module selected from the options and a classroom or school health fair



Materials and resources to be provided to Program ENERGY sites.

These materials will include:

  • Lesson plans and other materials
  • Training manuals and videos for teachers, the school education team.
  • A resource kit that contains apparatus and props for core classroom and physical activities.
  • Ideas and planning guides for community and science museum events.
  • Monthly telephone/video conference coaching/problem solving session with the Program ENERGY Team at CSU.

Program ENERGY will be made available
for a reasonable site fee.


Menu for Program ENERGY: Six possible programs

 
Behavioral Goals
Nutrition/
Healthy Eating
Health or Science
Physical Activity
Health Fair
A Increase selection of healthier food items Making a menu Energy balance Healthy choices with the pyramid Energy In = Energy Out
B Reduce portion size Portion size, reading food labels Measurements-
temperature, volume, weight		 How many steps in a mile? Nutrition & Fast Food Restaurant
C Increase physical activity each day to 10,000-12,000 steps/day Nutrition for active living Health benefits of physical activity 10,000 steps/day Fitness
D Promote heart health Healthy heart
-healthy eating		 Healthy heart
-how the heart works		 Healthy heart –benefits of activity Heart;
BP/stethoscope
E Reduce time spent watching television/videos, playing video and computer games to 2 hr/day or less (3 hr/day on weekends) Food around the world; Fat in foods Blood sugar regulation and diabetes –
Biology, disease, and prevention		 Muscles in motion Type 2 diabetes; true or false game
F Reduce caloric (sugar) intake from beverage Food around the world;
Sugar in foods		 Fat and obesity-
Biology, disease and prevention		 Water obstacle course Type 2 diabetes and obesity prevention


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