Healthy Kids Healthy Futures Coalition

Welcome to Healthy Kids Healthy Futures

What kind of future will your child have? Due to the alarming rise of childhood obesity rates, today’s children may be the first generation of Americans whose life expectancy will be shorter than that of their parents. Childhood obesity has doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 20 years. It increases the chance your child will develop…
• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Symptoms of early heart disease

The best way to have a healthy weight is prevention. Be sure your family practices healthy habits from the beginning. Provide healthy food choices and opportunities to move and have fun.
         

Explore our website and discover the wonderful resources to help your child stay healthy for a lifetime.
    

The Macomb County Healthy Kids Healthy Futures Coalition held the fourth annual Fun and Fitness Day at Veterans Memorial in Roseville on Saturday May 16th.  Families were encouraged to take a walk on the footpath, have fun on the obstacle course, play in the inflatables, and visit our resource tent filled with activity and nutrition materials.  Roseville police were available to give crime prevention information and bike helmet fittings.  The Healthy Kids Healthy Futures Coalition is a community based coalition with active participation from local agencies that share a common mission to promote healthy nutrition and physical activity behaviors among Macomb County Children.  If you would like further information, call 586.412.3399. 

              

Pedometers Can Encourage Movement

Pedometers are an excellent way to measure how much you have moved in a day.  By counting steps, you can keep track of your daily activity.  Your whole family needs daily physical activity.  Pedometers can help both you and your child track your steps.  You can make a game of increasing physical activity by giving your child a pedometer and encouraging them to increase their daily steps.  There are about 2,000 steps in one mile.  To increase your steps, walk during lunch or to school or work.  Set up a chart and track the family's steps.  Take your dog for a walk.  Plan family free time with walks through the wood or around the mall in the winter time.  Pedometers can be purchased at sporting good stores and major retailers.  Check out the America on the Move website at www.americaonthemove.org to find resources to set step goals, keep a step log, and an order form for an inexpensive pedometer.

               

School Spotlight

Great Oaks Elementary is participating in the National Walk to School Day again this year.  What about your school participating next year?  You have a whole year to prepare and plan.  It takes place in October every year.  Visit their website at http:www.walktoschool-usa.org