THE ESSENCE OF NUTRITION AND EXERCISE

Valarie StarbuckDe’Asha Gower

MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to provide an educational program on Nutrition and Exercise to the members of the Girls Club. Our program

will provide the girls with information that would be useful to them both now

and in the future.

GOALS To accurately show the participants how

to test their heart rate To assist the participants in

acknowledging that exercise can be done in a variety of ways

Increase the participants knowledge about the food pyramid and its benefits

Achieve the ability to make a proper nutritious meal when picking items off of a menu

TARGET POPULATION

The Girl’s Club of East St. Louis

The participants were ages 8-13

They came from two housing projects in East St. Louis, Roosevelt and Griffin

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Obesity rates in children and teens have doubled in the past 30 years (NIH Medline Plus)

“17% of American children ages 2-19 are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight” (NIH Medline Plus).

“Almost half of Americans aged 12-21 do not engage in vigorous physical activity on a regular basis, and the average teen spends 28 hours each week engaging in activities that require no physical exertion, such as talking on the phone, playing video games or surfing the internet” (The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues)

DAY OF IMPLENENTATION November 7th, 2009

Vadalabene Center

20 Audience Members 15 Girl’s Club

members 5 Volunteers

PROGRAM OUTLINE Introduction Pre-test Heart Rate Presentation Nutrition Presentation Snack Break/Game Walking/Heart Rate Activity Questions Post-test

PRE-TEST

OBJECTIVE 1.1At the End of the program, 60% of the program participants will demonstrate

calculating their baseline heart rate

Goal: 60% Achieved: 0%

OBJECTIVE 1.1 RESULTS

OBJECTIVE 2.1At the end of the program, 90% of the

program participants will be able to choose from a list, activities that qualify

as exercises that raise the heart rate

Goal: 90% Achieved: 13%

Circle which of the following are considered exercises that raise your heart rate

Going for a jog SwimmingDancing Playing BasketballJumping rope Playing Hopscotch

OBJECTIVE 2.1 RESULTS Circle which of the following are considered

exercises that raise your heart rate1. Going for a jog 2. Swimming3. Dancing 4. Playing Basketball5. Jumping rope6. Playing Hopscotch

OBJECTIVE 3.1At the end of the program, 80% of the program participants will be able to pick from a list all areas of the food pyramid

Goal: 80% Achieved: 53%

OBJECTIVE 3.1 RESULTS

OBJECTIVE 3.2At the end of the program, 75% of the

program participants will be able to determine the daily number of serving of fruits according to the Food Guide

Pyramid

Goal: 75% Achieved:33%

OBJECTIVE 3.2 RESULTS

OBJECTIVE 3.3 At the end of the program, 75% of the

program participants will be able to determine the daily number of servings

of vegetables according to the Food Guide Pyramid

Goal: 75% Achieved: 46%

OBJECTIVE 3.3

WHAT WE LEARNED Evaluation methods for this population

are best done as simple and easy as possible

Limit the amount of educational topics and focus on one main topic

Make learning fun and hands-on

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QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS