Health Education
Health Education
Understanding what types of foods and exercise can truly be healthy for each individual is a very important part of one's plan to become healthier overall.
Activity Ideas
- Health education in curriculum
- Integrate health education in the classroom and model practices.
- School/Staff Wellness
- Teach staff and parents about health and nutrition- (ex. include scientifically-based articles on nutrition in PTA newsletter)
- Best Practices
- Employ best practices in health education based on districts identified needs.
- Community Health Campaign
- Expand health education through opportunities at community events.
- Read the Label Campaign
- Teach essentials of nutrition labels in curriculum and school campaigns.
- Eat This, Not That Campaign
- Create awareness with student-created posters on best foods.
- In Control Campaign
- Inspire indiviuals to make healthy choices by building confidence that indiviudals are in control of many of their lifestyle decisions.
- Service-Learning
- Help by partnering with you local Health Department's nutrition or health community outreach programs.
- Media Blast
- Use morning announcements, school newsletters and websites to provide weekly fitness, nutrition and health tips.
Links to more Web Resources
Visit the Resources page for more ideas.
