DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Parents looking for fun and educational ways to teach their children about healthy eating and active living can now turn to a new online program, created by America On the Move® Foundation Inc., the national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals, families and communities make positive changes in their health.The America On the Move Family Program (www.AmericaOntheMove.org) features information and tools that allow families to set their own physical activity and nutrition goals and track their progress either on or offline. The Family Program’s online portal features the America On the Move Family Toolbox, which also provides downloadable resources like tip sheets, healthy recipes, fun quizzes and games and health-related news. The entire Family Program can be accessed from any computer with Internet access 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and is free of charge.
“We want to provide user-friendly information and tools that everyone can use to help them achieve and sustain practical lifestyle changes,” says Dr. James Hill, co-founder of America On the Move Foundation Inc., and director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado Denver. “All family members, no matter their level of physical activity or health, can participate in this small-changes program.”
The America On the Move Family Program was inspired by a 2007 study published in Pediatrics, Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, that demonstrated that increasing physical activity by 2000 steps per day and eating 100 fewer calories each day (with an emphasis on replacing dietary sugars with SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener) lowered or maintained the body mass index (BMI) of overweight children.
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