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Volume
15, Number 1, Fall 2004
4-H Health Challenge goes statewide
Calhoun County teen teams are leading Double Dutch jump roping activities with younger youth that incorporate nutrition, health, leadership and physical activity
Over the past couple of years, the health of young people has been a major topic in the news. Youth obesity rates are rising at an alarming rate – the result of sedentary lifestyles and poor nutrition habits. Experts estimate that one out of every two children in Michigan will die prematurely from preventable cardiovascular disease or preventable cancer. Michigan adults are in the same boat – government officials estimate that obesity-related diseases currently cost Michigan residents $8.9 billion a year in work-related costs.
As the state’s largest youth organization (and one that also involves more than 28,000 volunteers), Michigan 4-H Youth Development is taking action with the 4-H Year of Health Challenge.
Read this story.
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4-H Health Challenge Club Incentive Contest!
Interested in building fun, health-focused activities into your 4-H club – and the opportunity to enter a drawing for $250 worth of health-related products for your club? All it takes is your club’s willingness to design and hold at least two meeting sessions that have a focus on health education sometime between now and September 8, 2005. Find out more on the 4-H Health Challenge Web page.
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