Club Fit KidsTonya Bryan, M.D.

Medical Director

12 week healthy lifestyle course for children between 10-18 years of age and their families

The program meets 3 days per week for 2 hours. During these 2 hours children workout with trainers and receive education on developing healthy lifestyles

What is Club Fit Kids

Program notebook: 100 plus page book which serves as the road map for healthy eating and movement

Daily health log: Children completed a log for each day of the program. These are reviewed weekly by the training staff

Children put their logs on boards, they review logs together, and help each other solve barriers to healthy eating

Club Fit Kids: Education

There are 5 family weekends during the 12 week program. During these longer family days, families receive the core education on healthy eating and movement

Families move together and try healthy food together on family days

We have developed a core set of lectures and demonstration booths

Club Fit Kids: Education

Club Fit Kids: Education Lecture topics:

◦ Healthy Eating 101◦ Fast Food and You◦ The Dietary Prescription◦ Portion Control◦ Keeping a Daily Health

Log◦ Exercise Prescription◦ Getting Started at Home◦ Challenges to Change

Advanced lectures topics:

What Obesity Does to Your Body

Reading Food Labels Obesity in a Bottle Grocery Store Adventures Maintaining a Healthy

Weight for Life Tips for Ongoing he

Energy Balance

Demonstration Tables:◦ To engage families and children in a smaller group

setting, we have developed booths. This allows kids to engage with their hands and minds. Topics: Gross Out Table Portion Control One Day of Food Reading Food Labels 9 Inch Plate Recipe Modification Managing Holidays and Parties

Club Fit Kids: Education

Club Fit Kids: Counseling

Kids participate in traditional cardiovascular training. They start with a 2-3 minute run and all participants work up to a 20-30minute run

Many children completed over a 30minute run in our last 2 cycles

Strength training is a core element of the program. Children participate in obstacle courses and other basic strength training activities

What is Club Fit Kids: Movement

Club Fit Kids: Movement Yoga/Zumba

◦ Children participate in weekly yoga sessions lead by an instructor from Core Power Yoga

◦ They can earn yoga mats and yoga DVD’s to build on their yoga practice after the twelve week program

Aquatics◦ Children Participate in

weekly aquatic aerobics and water games

◦ This helps with building core strength and cardiovascular endurance

Club Fit Kids: Movement Parents and siblings

participate in fitness days during our weekend programming

We have obstacle course competitions

Yoga classes for participants, parents, and siblings

The last 2 sessions we have added a parent group. Parents walk or run the track while children are doing their activities.

Parents participate in many of the activities with their children.

Club Fit Kids: Movement Break Dance:

◦ Local professional break dance group demonstrates the basic concepts of street dancing and provide a weekend class on fun dancing moves

Tap Dance:◦ A Keene Sense of

Rhythm, does a tap demonstration and then they teach a 3 week session as part of the core cardiovascular activities

We organize multiple food demonstrations during family weekends

The goal is to introduce new types of foods and recipes to families. Example: quinoa salads, brown rice, whole grain wraps and sandwiches, fruits with dips, veggies with hummus and many other foods◦ Veggies and You Food Demonstration◦ Building Better Salad Food Demonstration

Club Fit Kids: Food

Cooking Classes: ◦ Urban Relish- a local group of chefs, provides are

larger food demonstrations and a full cooking class. Children and parents participate in a cooking class, and then eat the food they prepared during our end of cycle family celebration

◦ Chefs provide basic tips on a stocking a healthy kitchen. They provide recipes and assist families with menu planning

Club Fit Kids:Food

What is Club Fit Kids: Reasearch Children complete

surveys and the changes families make in their approach to food and exercise are assessed

We track physical progress through the session

Through a previous grant partnership, the University of Minnesota helped us to respond to program data and adapt the program for ongoing success.

Recent cycle data highlights: 24 participants◦ Over 70% of the kids completed a 30minute run

by the end of the 12 weeks (most starting at less than 6minutes)

◦ 2 parents completed a 30minute run◦ 1 family with 100% attendance◦ 4 other families with near perfect attendance◦ Several kids returning for a repeat cycle (our data

is showing we need 18 months of engagement)◦ 3 kids going out for a new sport◦ 1 family completed a 5K Run together

Club Fit Kids: Results

◦ Improvements in all physical activity measures

◦ Improvements in weight (wide range of loss with 2lbs-22pounds this cycle) But all patients maintained or lost weight during the 12 weeks, while adding muscle from training

Club Fits Kids: Results

Special thanks to all of our current sponsors, including: Medica, United Way, P.A.C.E Foundation, UPS, and IBM

Thank you for your time and support!!

Club Fit Kids: Gratitude

Thank you!