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Empowering Parents for Healthy Families

Learn why parents play a crucial role in promoting healthy nutrition and physical activity among children. Discover the goals, success, and feedback of the Parent Program, offering valuable resources and practical tips. Join today and create a supportive environment for your family!

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Empowering Parents for Healthy Families

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  1. Parent Program Overview Parent Program Overview Chapter 3 | Parent Training Program

  2. What Is the Parent Program? • Target audience • Parent Program objectives • Program assessment • Key content • Evaluation of Parent Program

  3. Chapter 3 | Parent Program Overview Why Are Parents Important • Parents want information on healthy nutrition • Few programs target parents & the home • Parents have a strong influence on children’s behavior • Parents are key decision-makers at home • Parents can model healthy nutritional choices

  4. Reasons for Increase in Overweight • Larger portions • Eating out more • More foods with added sugar • More high-fat foods • More screen time • Less physical activity

  5. Goals of the Parent Program • 5 Behavioral Goals: • Increase the availability of healthy foods in the home • Limit the availability of sweetened beverages and high-fat, high-density/low-nutrient foods in the home • Eat small portions at home and in restaurants • Support and enable family physical activity • Support and enable reduced screen time

  6. Launch of the Parent Program • Launch and assessment in 2005–2006 • 14 Founding Intensive Community Sites • Implemented Parent Program 22 times in 1 year • Reached 174 parents • Original curriculum  We Can! Energize Our Families: Curriculum for Parents and Caregivershas 6 x 60-minute sessions • Progress Summary Report

  7. Parent Program Assessment Results • In terms of nutrition, parents significantly: • Increased their avoidance of foods with added sugar or that were high in fat, and their monitoring of portion size in the home • Increased their attention to setting rules around healthy eating for their families

  8. Parent Program Assessment Results • In terms of physical activity, parents significantly: • Increased their knowledge and attitudes about physical activity • Increased their perception of themselves as a physical activity role model for the family.

  9. Parent Program Assessment Results • In terms of screen time, parents significantly: • Improved their attitudes toward limiting screen time • Reduced their family’sscreen time

  10. Feedback from Parents • Parents want… • Ideas for healthy foods children will eat • Information on how to get their children moving more • Access to straightforward, understandable, and reliable information

  11. Revised Parent Program • Parent Program: A Leader’sGuidehas 4 x 90-minute sessions • Curriculum for Parents and Caregivers has 6 x 60-minute sessions & is available in the Toolkit • Both 4-session & 6-session curricula have the same content

  12. What the Parent Program Offers • Easy, fun, & practical ideas • Resource materials • Tips from the field • In a Nutshell… • Learning how to eat well & move more • Supportive environment for parents

  13. Session Format • Warm-up • Activities • Stretch Break • More Activities • Closing Segment • Wrap-up • Food Demonstration

  14. Navigating the Leader’s Guide

  15. Guidance for Leaders

  16. Tools to Evaluate the Parent Program • PRE: Tell Us What You Think • POST: Tell Us What You Think Now • Download evaluation tool

  17. What’s Next • Program Sessions 1–4 • Session 1 –We Can! Energize Our Families: Getting Started • Session 2 – Maintain a Healthy Weight: The Energy Balance Equation • Session 3 – What to Feed My Family: Manage ENERGY IN • Session 4 – Less Sit, More Fit: ENERGY OUT

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