4-H Healthy Living

Study Shows 4-H Youth Healthier than Peers

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Encouraging Healthier Choices through the 4-H Healthy Living Challenge

New Hampshire 4-H, the Wal-Mart Foundation for Healthy Living and the National 4-H Council are partners in an exciting new project known as the 4-H Healthy Living Challenge. Funded with a $55,000 grant from Walmart, 4-Hers are taking an active role against childhood obesity and for youth wellness.

“The Walmart Foundation is committed to improving the lives of young people and the communities in which they live,” said Margaret McKenna, president of the Walmart Foundation. “The Foundation is proud to support the inventive programs New Hampshire developed for 4-H and the impact those programs will have on the health of both participants and their communities.”

3 Steps in the 4-H Healthy Living Challenge

	Step 1:	Ready, Set, Go…get started. Learn to be healthy and fit. Practice what you learn.
	Step 2:	Keep Going…reach a daily goal. Eat healthy snacks and meals. Be physically active, get outdoors.
	Step 3:	Go Public… raise your VOICES for healthy CHOICES. Share your project with your community. Share the challenge at a 4-H event. Celebrate success!

4-H'ers! Join us for Walk NH Week June 1-7, 2012

 

 

 

 

• Rules of Play
• Registration Form
• Team Worksheet
• Team Supply Box
• Pantry Items List
• Score Sheet

 

 

• Healthy Living Fact Sheet
• National 4-H Council Healthy Living
• Nutrition and Health of Young People CDC
• Nutrition Resources
• Team Nutrition
• Weight Management for Youth

 

is a statewide public education campaign to bring awareness to the daily guidelines for nutrition and physical activity.

The USDA ChooseMyPlate. Gov website

• Track your own nutrition and fitness
• Hunger and Food Security in NH
  
  

PALA Presidential Active Lifestyle Award: Activity + Nutrition - Info and Log

You're Invited to Join 4-H in Answering
the President's Challenge

As part of 4-H’s involvement with the Let’s Move campaign, 4-H National Headquarters has started a group to take the President's Challenge together - and you and you’re family are invited to be part of it!

The President's Challenge is for one million Americans to complete the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA).  4-H is answering this call by setting a goal to have 100,000 4-H members and their families complete their PALA.

The Presidential Active Lifestyle Award recognizes those individuals who log their recommended physical activity for six weeks, five days a week (60 minutes for youth, 30 minutes minimum for adults).

Signing up for the 4-H group is simple. All you have to do is register. It's quick, and there's no cost to participate!

HOW TO JOIN:
1) Go to http://www.presidentschallenge.net/login/register_individual.aspx

2) Fill out the registration form.

3) When you arrive at your personal dashboard page, click on the groups tab and join the 4-H group. 
• Your Group ID Number: 96548
• Your Group Name: National 4-H Program

4) After registering, start logging your activities. As you log activities you'll be able to track your progress toward winning a President's Challenge Award or Medal.

Good luck!

The President's Challenge -- www.PresidentsChallenge.org
Let’s Move Campaign -- www.letsmove.gov