Kid Initiative to Defeat Diabetes®
(KIDD™) Curriculum
This generation of children is on the fast track to live a shorter, less healthy life span than their parents.
Over the past 30 years, the prevalence of overweight children has tripled. One in three American children is overweight or obese and will get diabetes in their lifetime. Every hour at least 3 children are diagnosed with diabetes. Across all ages diabetes accounts for 25 deaths every hour, more than AIDs and cancer combined!
Although the reasons for diabetes and obesity trends are complex in nature, many of the solutions are inexpensive to implement. This is critical because up to 95% of Type 2 Diabetes is preventable, with proper medical oversight, nutrition and exercise.
According to Connie Diekman, Director of University Nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis, "Nutrition education needs to start in prenatal classes and move through the entire education system. Many kids -- and their parents -- simply do not know what they ought to be eating”.
Kid Initiative to Defeat Diabetes
® Curriculum is designed to fill this gap in information about diabetes and its relationship to nutrition and fitness.
It is perfect for: elementary and middle school students (and easily adaptable for high schools); martial arts schools; Boy and Girl Scouts; and, other youth programs. The materials provide a foundation for students to learn to live healthier, containing lessons they will have for a lifetime.
Program Objectives
- To make the connection between nutrition, exercise and diabetes prevention.
- To introduce the concept of grouping fruits and vegetables by color, and to promote this easy way of remembering to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables each day.
- To encourage students to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables within each of the five color groups and to monitor their own eating habits.
- To impart to students the importance of whole grains in their diet and to introduce them to different types of whole grains.
- To empower students to read and understand a food label.
- To differentiate nutrient content claims on packaged foods.
- To introduce physical activity guidelines.
- To encourage students to participate in regular physical activity.
The CD includes:
- Diabetes curriculum
- Nutrition curriculum
- Student quizzes with answer key(s)
- Fruit and veggie flashcards
- Lesson plans
- Nutrition facts posters
- Power Point Presentations
- Student activity sheets (grades 1 – 6)
- Monitoring tools for food consumption and physical activity
- Student Certificate of Completion
- More
The KIDD™ program is highly flexible and allows teachers to present the material in small packets over a period of days or weeks. The material can be shared with multiple classrooms
$250.00 gets you the whole package. Reduced rates are available for purchase of multiple CDs.
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