The Children’s LifeNuts Program

Kids love to have fun and the LifeNuts program can provide a lot of fun. Schools can provide cheerleaders or a pep band for LifeNuts registration day. They can also provide charts for students to put on home refrigerators to track their weekly progress. Students can begin to change their lives and reverse the national childhood obesity trend by taking the school pledge to:


Run or walk the LifeNuts race for kids. See which school can have the highest percentage of students participating in the LifeNuts race.

Limit TV and texting time to no more than 60 minutes a day and two hours a weekend.

Limit fast food to no more than once a week.

Avoid all fried food including French fries. Potato chips are fried.

Agree to eat smaller portions of food and to stop eating when 80% full.

Agree to stop eating snacks within three hours of bed.

Understand how many calories are needed each day and stay within that number.

Understand what a healthy BMI is and strive to get to that number.

Promise to respect parents, siblings, elders, and authorities.

Join a community weekend walk or run group or participate with family for at least three miles of walking or running a weekend.
        
We all want to make America a better place for our children. What a better way to do this than by helping them to avoid the many health issues associated with obesity? LifeNuts know this.

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LifeNuts is about lifestyle choices.

What kind of parental role model should I be?

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