iAmHealthy: Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles for Rural Children and Families webinar

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Hosted by Telehealth ROCKS and Heartland Telehealth Resource Center

This 1-hour webinar discusses nutrition and healthy lifestyles for children and families. Learn about healthy eating, how to get moving, and tips for supporting healthy lifestyles. Hear about an innovative program called iAmHealthy Parents First working to improve rural kids’ and parents’ health.

https://www.telehealthrocks.org/iamhealthy-webinar

Presentation

Recording

Short video: 

• Stoplight Diet (3 minutes)

Key Takeaways: 

• Pediatric obesity and related health behaviors disproportionately impact rural children and families.
• Treatment programs, like iAmHealthy, are more effective when they are: 26 hours; Involve the whole family; Are based upon tracking and other behavioral principles; Focused on meaningful, lifelong behavior change goals
• Other, less intensive, options are positive steps for rural communities to make.
• It is possible to partner with childcare centers, schools, clinics and others in rural areas to bring about positive health behavior change for children and families in rural areas.

Resources: 

• iAmHealthy Parents First study 
• CDC childhood obesity data
• BMI calculator
• Video featuring a family participating in the study