WE CAN Billings
1/28/2009
Program Summary
WE CAN provides education and resources for families and caregivers to help reduce the amount of screen time or sedentary activity, increase physical activity, and encourage healthy food and beverage choices.
Title:
WE CAN Billings
County:
Yellowstone
Status:
Active
Program Coordinators
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Director of Population Health Services
Hillary Harris
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Start Date:
8/1/2008
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Partner Orgs:
Please visit our website to view a complete list of our partner organizations.
Current Funding:
Please visit our website to view a complete list of our current funding sources.
Last Modified Date:
2/10/2009 3:01 PM
Ways to Enhance Childhood Activity and Nutrition (WE CAN) is a program for families and communities to help children (8-13 years old) maintain a healthy weight. WE CAN provides education and resources for families and caregivers to help reduce the amount of screen time or sedentary activity, increase physical activity, and encourage healthy food and beverage choices.
Billings planned a back-to-school health fair for children 18 years old or younger. A nutritionist put together different displays on caffeine consumption, healthy treats, sugar intake and other nutrition information to be showed at the health care. Along with the displays, many different services were offered at the health fair including: door prizes, giveaways, school supplies, immunizations, and much more. The health fair even offered cooking demonstrations for "healthy easy meals."
Keywords:
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