The goal of the this project book is to make you look and feel your best now and for years to come. It will show you the importance of taking care yourself and your health. The Power of Choice will give you the power to choose what's right for your individual, healthy-eating and active-living goals.
Skill-Based Outcomes: The Power of Choice after-school activities help young adolescents:
- Identify their personal values.
- Make healthful food choices in real-life settings:
- Use the MyPyramid and Nutrition Facts and Ingredients List on food labels as tools for making healthful food choices.
- Get enough fruits, vegetables, whole grains and calcium-rich products.
- Choose lower fat foods more often, especially foods low in saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol.
- Move more and sit less as a daily routine.
- Prepare food in safe, nutritious ways.
- Set goals and make smart food and physical activity choices that reflect their personal values.
- Get support from family and friends for their sound food and fitness efforts.
Empowerment Messages: The Power of Choice motivates and empowers youth by reinforcing these messages:
- Smart food and physical activity choices help preteens achieve what’s important to them.
- Preteens are responsible for what they eat.
- They are responsible for their level of physical activity.
- They can make choices to maintain or improve their health.
Family support helps preteens make healthful eating and active living an everyday habit.
This book is broken down into 10 topics and related activities, companion posters and reproducibles, and additional Information, including additional content and activities. An Overview of the Educational Content is provided in chart format.
For more information on the project book, talk to your local 4-H agent.