Bienestar/NEEMA

Bienestar/NEEMA MyFamily/MiFamilia (Parent): The goal of the MyFamily/MiFamilia newsletter is to encourage parents to adopt healthier household lifestyles. The newsletter is a take-home activity that consists of 10 issues providing information on healthy eating and exercise. Issues include healthy recipes, cooking tips, exercise challenges, and knowledge about obesity, oral health, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease prevention. Bienestar/NEEMA Eat to Live (Food Service): The National School Lunch Program serves ~29.6 million children each day and the School Breakfast Program serves ~19.7 million children each day, the majority of which are subsidized, free and reduced-priced. The Eat to Live program collaborates with food service staff to improve their nutrition knowledge and enhance their ability to promote healthy food choices to students. The goal of the cafeteria program is to use the school cafeteria as a learning environment to encourage healthier dietary practices. The Eat to Live curriculum includes an instructor’s book for food service managers and workbooks for food service staff. The books consist of 10 lesson plans that cover topics in nutrition, general health, and the role of nutrition in preventing obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The curriculum also comes with a pre/post health knowledge test.