Obesity in children has reached epidemic levels in the United States. In fact, the obesity rate for children ages 6 to 11 has more than quadrupled during the past three decades. Childhood obesity occurs due to poor diet combined with lack of physical activity. These two factors can also put a child at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.
FACT: According to the American Diabetes Association, one out of every three children (and one in two minority children) who are born in the United States today will face a future with diabetes if current trends continue.
The all-new Adventures In Health Diabetes Prevention Program makes it easy to teach healthy behaviors in the context of your elementary school curriculum. You'll be setting your students on a path that can have lifelong impact!
Adventures In Health: Diabetes Preventers Animated Video
Join "real kids" who find themselves inside a video game – and the Couch Potato they meet along the way! Running time: 5:46.
Activity Guide
Engage students and families with age-appropriate, hands-on activities and in-school/at-home challenges that get them up and moving! The Guide also gives you the background you need to know – and share – about preventing Type 2 diabetes in children. Includes "teaching tips" for non-teachers who work with children/student groups.
The Adventures In Health 2nd – 5th grade curriculum is the newest educational component from CentraState Healthcare System, the Star and Barry Tobias Diabetes Awareness Center and Novo Nordisk.
