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The Jared Foundation and CATCH
The Jared Foundation & CATCH Lead the Fight Against Childhood Obesity Combined Efforts Will Teach Kids Healthy Eating, Living & Exercise Habits October 11, 2011 (Indianapolis, IN) – The Jared Foundation is proud to endorse CATCH® as its official Child Wellness Program. The Jared Foundation, founded by SUBWAY® spokesman, Jared Fogle, and CATCH, a division of FlagHouse Inc., will combine forces with programs aimed at eliminating childhood obesity. The evidence-based CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) Program promotes physical activity and healthy nutrition behaviors among preschool through middle school aged children. CATCH targets multiple aspects...
Read MoreThe Jared Foundation & CATCH Lead the Fight Against Childhood Obesity
Combined Efforts Will Teach Kids Healthy Eating, Living & Exercise Habits October 11, 2011 (Indianapolis, Indiana) – The Jared Foundation is proud to endorse CATCH® as its official Child Wellness Program. The Jared Foundation, founded by SUBWAY® spokesman, Jared Fogle, and CATCH, a division of FlagHouse Inc., will combine forces with programs aimed at eliminating childhood obesity. The evidence-based CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) Program promotes physical activity and healthy nutrition behaviors among preschool through middle school aged children. CATCH targets multiple aspects of the school environment and involves classroom and physical...
Read MoreEl Paso County Serves as a Model for Obesity Prevention
Researchers at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living at The University of Texas School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus found that obesity prevention efforts in the El Paso region were the most effective in Texas in decreasing the prevalence of childhood obesity. Deanna Hoelscher, Ph.D., director of the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, examined regional changes of child obesity from 2000-2002 to 2004-2005, after the implementation of several statewide policies and programs in Texas. The study found a 13 percent decrease in the prevalence of obesity among El Paso 4th graders. “Data from the El Paso region...
Read MoreHow Well Are Parents Contributing to the Health of Their Children’s Schools?
Parents can play a critical role in helping schools become healthier places and helping their children to become healthy as well. Action for Healthy Kids, a leading national nonprofit organization working with schools to help kids learn to eat right and be active every day, is expanding a program to get more parents involved in making schools – and their children – healthier and to measure the impact. The project, Parents CATCH onto Wellness, is a 3-year project funded in part by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. Parents CATCH onto Wellness will extend and accelerate the success of CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Child Health), a program that helps schools...
Read MoreGrant from The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living Helps CATCH Grow
UT School of Public Health Program to Prevent Childhood Obesity Expands to Central Texas Middle Schools Austin, TX – PRNewswire AUSTIN, Texas, March 5 /PRNewswire/ — The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, part of The University of Texas School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus, is pleased to announce the expansion of the Coordinated Approach To Child Health (CATCH) program to Travis County and Central Texas middle schools. The CATCH Middle School program is made possible thanks to a four-year, $3.1 million grant provided by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, which builds upon the foundation’s previous grants...
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