A Teen Powered Health Movement Making Nutrition and Activity Easy

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A Teen Powered Health Movement Making Nutrition
and Activity Easy
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• advances knowledge and strategies for achieving
  energy balance by exploring how environments and
  social groups influence healthy choices, and
  engages communities in improving access to
  healthy eating and active living options.

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• nrgBalance makes it easier for everyone to access
  healthy eating and active living options by
  rallying health and wellness champions to create
  energy balanced environments.

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Would getting teens involved in creating changes
inspire them to eat better and be more active?
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• a teen powered health movement for energy balance

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3 Levels of EngagementOwn it.Share it.Change
it.
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Own it!

• Adult Advisor signs onto the campaign at
  www.poweredbychoice.org
• Adult Advisor orders a Back to School Promotion
  Kit
• Adult Advisor distributes promotional material to
  teens
• Post decal on locker, car, or other fun places
• Wear an nrg t-shirt to show youre part of the
  cause

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Back to School Promotion Kits
get teens excited about nrg Powered by Choice
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Share it

• Teens sign-up online
• Send an nrg e-card
• Post an nrg web-banner
• Make nrg your friend on Facebook and Myspace
• Enter the nrg Contests

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Change it

• (1) Select a healthy change for peers
• e.g. PE Equipment, Healthy Vending, Salad Bar,
  After School Programs
• Promote the change
• Plan an nrg PbC Ultimate Frisbee Fundraiser to
  make the change a reality (event kit provided to
  first 70 requests)

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Ultimate Frisbee Fundraiser Kits

• Give teens a format for raising money to
  implement their selected change
• Contents
• T-shirts
• nrg decals
• nrg frisbee decals
• Ultimate Frisbee Equipment
• Tournament Guide
• Event Posters

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ORChange it

• (2) Enhance an outdoor play space for kids and
  serve as a role model for Move it Outside Event
• Visit KaBOOM- nrg Playspace Projects
• Online for Ideas

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Move it Outside Event Kits

• Give teens a specific opportunity to engage and
  mentor younger children
• Contents
• T-shirts
• nrg Frisbee decals
• 50 Frisbees for youth
• Activity ideas for Frisbee games and events
• Move it Outside posters
• Templates for Playground Painting

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The Science behind Energy Balance

• Recommendations for Prevention of Childhood
  Obesity
• Pediatrics, Supplement
• December 2007

• or more hours of physical activity
• less than 2 hours of screen time
• meals with friends and family (emphasis
  breakfast)
• or more glasses of water/ low calorie
  beverages
• or more fruits and veggies

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Creating Pro-Social Involvement

• The nrg team sponsored after school Tae Kwon
  Do classes have been very successful! What has
  been exciting to me is that the students that
  have been attracted to that activity are ones
  that arent normally connected to any other
  school activities, so besides the physical
  activity were creating a positive school
  relationship for them!
• Thanks for all your support,
• Denise Foltz, School Nurse

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www.poweredbychoice.org

• Find out how to join the nrg Powered by Choice
  movement
• Contact Rebecca Stametz rstamet_at_psu.edu