Project Healthy Schools

Project Healthy Schools Childhood obesity, Childhood Obesity Prevention, Children's health, Healthy Lifestyle, Childhood well

Project Healthy Schools provides a fun and interactive way to educate sixth-graders on the importance of adopting healthier lifestyles. Students participate in at least ten hands-on educational activities related to the five simple PHS goals:
* Eat more fruits and vegetables
* Make better beverage choices
* Be active
* Eat less fast and fatty food
* Spend less time in front of a screen

Throughout

the school year, Project Healthy Schools’ health educators partner with the school’s food services staff, the parent-teacher organization, teachers and school administrators to identify ways to create a healthier school environment. This may include changes in cafeteria food choices, vending machines and school stores, as well as development or enhancement of a school wellness policy. At the beginning and end of the program, students complete a health behavior questionnaire. With parental consent, they also participate in a voluntary wellness screening that includes height, weight, blood pressure, a fitness step test, a full lipid panel and a random glucose test. Results from the post-program questionnaire and wellness screening consistently show that participants adopt healthier behaviors and make significant improvements in health risk factors such as: total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglyceride levels, blood sugar, and measures of fitness.

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1000 Victors Way, MI. 48108
Ann Arbor, MI
48109

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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