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Minnesota Action for Healthy Kids

Welcome to the Minnesota Team

Action for Healthy Kids is the nation’s leading non-profit 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.

The Minnesota Action for Healthy Kids Team is proud to welcome new partners on our steering committee—Minnesota School Nutrition Association, School Nurses Organization of Minnesota, Minnesota Association of School Administrators, Minnesota PTA and the state’s youth advocacy organization, Catalyst.  These partnerships will be critical to the success of our 2009-2010 action plan. Students Taking Charge will help us empower youth as advocates for healthy schools while Parents are the Power! (Also available in Spanish) will mobilize parents to support healthy behaviors at home and at school.  We also support the innovative work of school nutrition professionals and nurses to encourage healthy eating and physical activity across Minnesota. 

• In 2008-2009, we worked with 70 school districts.
• The Ragnar Relay selected our Team as a beneficiary for funds raised by their 2732 runners.
• We partnered to sponsor the Healthy Schools Conference for school leaders.  Our second conference is scheduled for next fall!

Looking Ahead

Our goals are to:  

• Partner with school administrators to make health a priority to improve academic success.
• Educate students on healthy living and how to make changes in their school to impact health.

Get Involved

There are many opportunities to get involved with Minnesota Action for Healthy Kids to create healthy schools. Become a team member, attend an upcoming event, sign on as an advocate, or make a donation to support the Team’s work!

Our Favorite Resources 

• Healthy Choices at School: Nutrition Guidelines that Can Make a Difference Presentation  PowerPoint presentation about the school nutrition environment
• Healthy Eating, Healthy Living Flip Chart A Nutrition Education flip chart to communicate culturally relevant nutrition information to refugee communities.
• Healthy Foods for Kids: Guidelines to Good Nutrition at School Guide that takes the guess work out of how to feed kids well. These guidelines offer an expanded list of foods and beverages commonly available in schools. This edition also offers a graduated approach to choosing healthful foods.
• Materials from Taking Action for Healthy Kids: Inclusive Wellness Strategies that Work Videoconference and Minnesota FIT KIT Families In It Together (FIT), was developed to provide community members with tools to share information in their school communities about new opportunities for supporting the health of Minnesota kids.