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Take a Look Inside
We
Can!™ Families Finding the Balance: A Parent
Handbook
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Parents can make a big difference in their child’s health
by making small lifestyle changes. Fun and practical tips in
this colorful, easy-to-read handbook help families find the
right balance of eating well and being physically active to
maintain a healthy weight.
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Where to Use the We Can!™ Parent
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- Health fairs
- PTA meetings
- School orientation sessions
- Community center pamphlet racks
- Physician offices
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- Health Clinics
- Community wellness committee meetings
- School wellness programs
- Listed as a link in parenting Web sites
- Shared with family, friends, & colleagues
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For more information about the We
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Enhance Children’s
Activity & Nutrition)
program go to http://wecan.nhlbi.nih.gov.
Become part of the We Can!™ movement
– learn ways you can get involved in your community to promote
a healthy weight for children and youth.
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Get the Scoop on Estimated Daily
Calorie Requirements By Age, Gender, & Activity
Level (Check out the chart on page
11.)
Maintaining a healthy weight is all about energy balance;
how many calories are taken in daily, and how much physical
activity is done daily. The number of calories children need
to be healthy varies depending on age, gender, and activity
level of the child. For example, children need calories to
grow properly, but the amount should support natural growth
without promoting excess weight gain.
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Learn About GO, SLOW, and WHOA Foods
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Before you open the fridge, do you know your GO, SLOW,
and WHOA foods?
- GO—Almost anytime foods,
such as fresh fruits and vegetables, whole-grain breads,
brown rice, chicken and turkey (no skin), and fat-free milk
- SLOW—Sometimes foods, at
most several times a week, such as vegetables in sauces,
fruits canned in light syrup, white bread, white rice, nuts,
and 2 percent low-fat milk
- WHOA—Once in a while
foods, such as French fries, fruits canned in heavy syrup,
doughnuts, chips, cookies, fried chicken, and regular soda
See the complete Go, Slow, Whoa
chart on page 16 of the Handbook to go beyond the examples
below. Better yet, take the chart to the grocery store to help
you make food choices while shopping!
For a complete list of all of the food groups,
see page 16.
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Also don’t miss A Real-Life Example of Energy
Balance on page 12 or Ways to Be Physically Active in
Small Chunks on pages 23 and 24!
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