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Texas Action for Healthy Kids

Welcome to the Texas Team

Action for Healthy Kids is the nation’s leading nonprofit and largest volunteer network fighting childhood obesity and undernourishment by partnering with schools to improve nutrition and physical activity to help our kids learn to eat right, be active every day, and be ready to learn.

In the 2008-2009 School Year the Texas Team did great work throughout the state including:

• Partnered with Aetna on the 3-Point Play project in Houston to implement a 20-week program in five schools to help combat childhood obesity and built upon HISD wellness initiatives.
• Worked with ACTIVE Life to increase physical activity and healthy eating behaviors in youth and families that participate in the ACTIVE Life Challenge Program, targeting approximately 100 schools and sites and 75,000 youth and families.
• Reached 30 school districts, 100 schools and more than 1,000 students.

Looking Ahead

The Texas Team is currently building the Wooten Natural Playscape in Austin at Wooten Elementary. In 2009-2010, the Team will focus on:

• Educating parents on healthy living and how to make changes in their child(ren's) school that impact health.
• Recruiting active volunteers across the state to help create healthy schools for our children.
• Training schools on using Fuel Up to Play 60 to increase awareness of wellness programs in schools.

Get Involved

There are many opportunities to get involved with Action for Healthy Kids in your state in support of efforts to create healthy schools and kids. From becoming a Team member, to attending Action for Healthy Kids’ events, to signing on as an advocate, to making a financial contribution, consider joining our Team to determine ways to use your skills to create healthy schools and children!

Resources

Texas Action for Healthy Kids partnered with the Texas Education Agency to present Year of the SHAC-Healthy Kids are Prepared to Learn" and features innovative health course and MVPA implementation, new school nutrition programs you can use from Texas Dept. of Agriculture, Student-Focused Health Fair, Working with Data, Positive Proactive Discipline, Staff Wellness and Make the Movement! Click here to view webinar.

Texas Action for Healthy Kids hosted a webinar Click here to view  the 30 minute webinar explores school lunches and what determines the foods that are served, the impact of food fundraisers and food as reward on children's health, and gives parents ideas on how they can get involved and improve the nutrition and physical activity environment of their schools. It also shares information on the CATCH program and social marketing pilot that is being tested in middle schools in Central Texas.

Texas Action for Healthy Kids hosted a webinar on the Healthier US School Challenge. To view the webinar click here.

 Texas Action for Healthy Kids partnered with the Texas Education Agency to present Year of the SHAC - Best Practices! as a webinar on Feburary 3, 2010. To view the webinar click here.

Texas Action for Healthy Kids partnered with the Texas Education Agency to present Year of the SHAC - What To Do In 2010! as a webinar on January 8, 2010. To view the webinar click here.

Texas Action for Healthy Kids partnered with the Texas Education Agency to present Coordinated School Health 101 as a webinar. To view the webinar click here