- Health Happens! Preschool Program – The Health Happens! program is sponsored through a grant received from Blue Cross Blue Shield and is offered to preschools in the surrounding counties that meet grant requirements. This program is partnered with the University of Tennessee Department of Nutrition and Public Health. Health Happens! is a nutrition and physical activity program that includes parent and preschool teacher classes.
- Healthy Kids Club – Healthy Kids Club is sponsored by the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Knoxville, Tennessee. This program is afterschool for elementary and middle school students. Healthy Kids Club consists of cardiovascular activities and strength building exercises along with nutrition information and tastes test that encourage students to build healthy habits at a young age.
- Kids Can Bike – Kids can Bike is funded through a grant from the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Knoxville, Tennessee. It is in partnership with the City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation, Transportation Planning Organization, and University of Tennessee Department of Kinesiology. The purpose of this program is to encourage children to be active through bike riding, be safe while riding, and to enjoy Knoxville’s greenways.
- Grub Club – Grub Club is a partnership program sponsored by Keurig Green Mountain and Knox County Parks and Recreation. The Grub Club program teaches children about the importance of eating healthy food and how such food is grown and harvested. Grub Club includes educational lessons on gardening and nutrition education, taste tests, crafts, and fun, active games.
- iRun – iRun is sponsored by Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon. The program teaches participants how to properly train for a race and how to fuel the body. The goal of iRun is to increase a child’s physical activity level, educate on the importance of daily exercise and good nutrition, and the enjoyment of living a healthy lifestyle.
East Tennessee Childhood Obesity Coalition
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