Urban Indigenous Healthy Kids
Program Goal
The Healthy Kids Program focuses on providing education on healthy eating and increasing physical fitness levels for children and families. Healthy Kids implements culture-based activities to enhance the wellbeing and traditional knowledge of urban Indigenous children and their families.
Program Objectives
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Increasing access to and availability of healthy food for children
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Providing opportunities to support healthy eating for families
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Increasing recreation activities that incorporate traditional activities
Program Components
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Promotion and provision of healthy nutrition: Hands-on and interactive workshops for Indigenous children and their families to introduce food choices; supplying nutritious snacks, meals and food for children and family programming; providing healthy meal preparation tools and instruction, and relaying nutrition information.
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Promotion of physical activity: Structured, fun, interactive activities and games for Indigenous youth and their families to increase physical activity rates and maintain an active lifestyle
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Promotion of healthy lifestyles: Youth-focused messaging and activities around living commercial tobacco free; living a substance-free lifestyle; having a healthy mind, everyday good living; and the promotion and sharing of local culture, traditions and ceremonies that will instill a strong sense of identity and self-esteem at an early age
