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Microwave Chef
CATCH School Program Offers Game Show-Style Competition STERLING, ILLINOIS – Who knew that kids want to be celebrity chefs?! St. Mary’s School recently staged a competition for youngsters à la Iron Chef. According to SaukValley.com: The school’s “microwave chef” event was inspired by the Food Network’s “Iron Chef America” show. But the students used microwaves to cook their ham and cheese roll-ups instead of open flames. The Fit Fun for Kids assembly was part of a health initiative at the school which includes the CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) program. Three third-graders were chosen as sous chefs, while three fourth-graders were...
Read More“Go/Slow/Whoa” at the Supermarket?
Illinois’s Champaign-Urbana Public Health District is taking CATCH to a whole new level: your grocer’s food aisles. According to The News-Gazette: Depending on where you grocery shop, you’ll be seeing signs that read “Go,” “Slow,” or “Whoa,” in the food aisles soon. They’re part of a healthy-eating and physical-activity program the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District is promoting with area schools. The program helps children and their families make better food choices. But the food signs are there in the stores to guide all shoppers, just like traffic signs guide drivers: “Go” foods are intended...
Read MoreYMCA After School Program Emphasizes Exercise And Healthy Eating
by Melissa Pionzio MIDDLETOWN – A collective sigh arose from the students during a recent session of the CATCH Kids Club after school program at Lawrence School after they had completed an energetic set of sit-ups against the padded gymnasium wall.”I like it,” said a pink-cheeked, slightly sweaty Ryan Cudworth of the club’s exercises, games and cooking sessions. “Playing gym makes me feel good and really, really hot!”CATCH, which stands for Coordinated Approach To Child Health, is offered after school and during recess at several of the city’s schools through the Northern Middlesex YMCA. Using a curriculum...
Read MoreCATCH GO, SLOW, WHOA Featured in the “Let’s Move” Initiative
KEENE, NH – United States Department of Health and Human Services Regional Director Christie Hager today joined Mayor P. Dale Pregent and John Magnarelli, Regional Special Nutrition Programs Director, US Dept. of Agriculture at the City of Keene Recreation Department to celebrate First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative to end childhood obesity within a generation, launched one year ago this week. The Keene event, hosted by Mayor Pregent, is one of 18 taking place in Let’s Move! Cities and Towns around the nation to highlight progress achieved while inspiring elected officials from all levels of government, schools, faith and...
Read MoreCATCH As CATCH Can
by Christine Sinatra, LiveMom.com I got to field one of my favorite questions from a reporter: “How do you know what you’re proposing actually works?” The topic was one of those issues that always sounds so big and intractable to journalists: childhood obesity.In terms of magnitude, the coverage has been spot on. Here’s a health issue that attacks every system in the body-something tied to all of our scariest diseases, from diabetes to cancer to heart disease. And we have seen it explode in our lifetimes. In 1991, only one state had an obesity rate above 20%. Today, only one state doesn’t have a rate that high. Concerned...
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