• Active Life

    ACTIVE Life is a social change nonprofit working to organize and accelerate the movement to make healthy the norm.

    ACTIVE Life (AL) unites and mobilizes individuals, institutions, and organizations to build healthier communities. Our organization was founded on the belief that America's worsening health crisis demands a social change solution in the form of a healthy living and healthy communities social movement. From day one, our focus has been on developing a cause to organize and accelerate that movement; in 2012, we were able to give that cause a name: IT'S TIME TEXAS.

    IT’S TIME TEXAS (ITT) is a first-of-its-kind cause that motivates and mobilizes people to make healthy the norm where they live, learn, work, worship, and shop.

    http://www.activelifehq.org/
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  • Fuel Up to Play 60

    Fuel Up to Play 60 is an in-school nutrition and physical activity program launched by National Dairy Council (NDC) and National Football League (NFL), with additional partnership support from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The program encourages youth to consume nutrient-rich foods (low-fat and fat-free dairy, fruits, vegetables and whole grains) and achieve at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Fuel Up to Play 60 is designed to engage and empower youth to take action for their own health by implementing long-term, positive changes for themselves and their schools. Customizable and non-prescriptive program components are grounded in research with youth, including tools and resources, in-school promotional materials, a website and student challenges. Fuel Up to Play 60 is further supported by several health and nutrition organizations: Action for Healthy Kids, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Dietetic Association, National Hispanic Medical Association, National Medical Association and School Nutrition Association.

    http://www.fueluptoplay60.com
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  • Kids Teaching Kids

    Some Food for Thought. Literally.

    With childhood obesity more than tripling in the last 30 years, Medical City Children’s Hospital wanted a way to educate students about healthy eating habits. The kids teaching kidsSM program challenges high schoolers to create a recipe book full of healthy, flavorful snacks for elementary kids. The idea being, if we can get kids to change their ways of eating, chefs will follow suit in their ways of preparing. Because let’s face it, healthy food isn’t just good for you, it tastes good, too.

    A Partnership That Gets the Whole Thing Cooking.

    Medical City Children’s Hospital and the Greater Dallas Restaurant Association (GDRA) have partnered with high schools participating in Texas ProStart, a culinary program, to bring kids teaching kids to fruition.

    Culinary students work one-on-one with a Medical City Children's Hospital registered dietitian and a Texas Chefs Association mentor to create fun, nutritional snacks. These recipes are then combined with pictures taken by the school's photographer and designed into a book with the help of graphic design students.

    And thanks to our sponsors, the books, complete with nutritional facts and simple pantry ingredients, can then be handed out to 4th and 5th graders from each school district.

    http://kids-teaching-kids.com/
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  • Let's Move

    Let's Move! Active Schools is a comprehensive program that empowers P.E. teachers, classroom teachers, principals, administrators, and parents to create active environments that enable all students to get moving and reach their full potential. After signing up, these school champions are guided through a simple, Six Step Process that helps them build a team, make a plan, and access free in-person trainings, program materials and activation grants, and direct, personal assistance from certified professionals. Once they've achieved their goals in the five areas above, schools are publicly recognized and celebrated.

    http://letsmoveschools.org/
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