Let's Move! Child Care Offers Free Trainings
To combat childhood obesity, child care providers need resources and information.
Research has shown that the rate of overweight or obese children is increasing across the United States. Children across the county spend many hours in child care every day.
Child care providers have a unique opportunity to promote healthy lifestyle choice for young children in their care or classroom. Along with the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health and with support from Let's Move! Boise and the IdahoSTARS Project, we provided a free workshop series to child care providers in Boise, Idaho. The series is based on the First Lady's Let's Move! Child Care Initiative.
A series of three free workshops on childhood obesity, healthy nutrition, physical
activity and screen time were offered this spring in Boise. Child care providers who
completed all three sessions and the LMCC self-assessment tool received free
continuing education credits, lesson plans with sample activities geared toward LMCC,
sample policies around nutrition and physical activity that they can incorporate into
their child care settings, as well as a goody bag full of hands-on materials valued at
over $200.
We are currently working to expand the Let's Move Child Care workshop series to other parts of the state as this training was a complete success and a positive experience for all involved.
