Welcome to Get Ready, Get Set, Get Fit 4 Life!

Congratulations for wanting to help children participate in a healthy active lifestyle! "Healthy active living" means being physically active and eating well every day. It is important to make healthy eating and physical fitness an integral part of our children's lives.

Did you know that:

  • Children are eating fewer than the recommended number of daily servings of fruits and vegetables.
  • Children are eating too much fat (especially saturated fat)
  • Only about one-half of young people regularly participate in vigorous physical activity.
  • One in four children in the US is overweight. Children spend more time watching television in a year than they spend in school.

Now is the ideal time for you as a caregiver to develop healthy lifestyle habits in children that can be carried through his or her childhood years and beyond.

Physical activity and nutrition work together for better health and they:

  • Help children reach and maintain a healthy weight.
  • Promote good posture and balance.
  • Help children grow, develop, and do well in school.
  • Prevent childhood and adolescent health problems such as obesity, eating disorders, dental cavities, and iron deficiency anemia.
  • Help prevent health problems later in life, including heart disease, cancer and stroke, the three leading causes of death.
  • Help children feel better about their bodies and raises self esteem.
  • Help children relax and reduce their stress.

Caregivers, parents, and educators of children play vital roles in creating a community that promotes healthful eating and physical activity. By dedicating yourself to making healthy choices in your program, you are putting your children on the path to a healthy lifestyle that they will hopefully follow for the rest of their lives!

CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
Check out the classroom documents and resources to support you in establishing, promoting and modeling healthful eating habits and physical activity for children.

PARENTS
Parents are provided with information that will support them in their role to establish, promote, and model healthful eating habits and physical activity for their children.

KIDS
Just for kids! Come visit and enjoy interactive games, printable activities and more that will make healthy, active living fun!