Healthy Living Cambridge Kids

Healthy Children Task Force – Cambridge, MA

Purpose:

To help children eat better and be more active through innovative programs developed by the Cambridge Public Health Department and partners throughout the city

Target Population:

Children in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Program Goals:

• To increase fruit and vegetable consumption to five or more servings per day
• To reduce television viewing time to two or fewer hours per day
• To exercise for one hour every day

Years in Operation:

2000 – present

Results:

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Funding:

Healthy Living Cambridge Kids is funded by the Cambridge Public Health Department in conjunction with the Cambridge Health Alliance.

Key Partners:

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What Works and Why:

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Structure and Operations:

Key components of the Healthy Living Cambridge Kids intervention include:

• Improved physical education; a Health and Fitness Progress Report that documents body mass index for age and fitness scores
• FITtogether family outreach nights
• Farm to school activities
• School nutrition policy (e.g., vending machine guidelines); partnerships with school nutritionists, and; CitySprouts school garden program
• Expanded extracurricular nutrition and fitness programming and staff training
• Public health outreach and community partnerships (e.g., Cambridge Youth Sports Commission)

The Healthy Children’s Task Force also produces a community guide, Cambridge Moves, for families and children. The guide provides ideas on where and how to participate in local physical activity programs. The Institute for Community Health provides the research, monitoring and evaluation for the Healthy Children Task Force and Healthy Living Cambridge Kids.

Barriers to Success:

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More Information:

http://www.icommunityhealth.org/ichprojectshealthychildren.shtml

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