Extension
It Starts With Us
Jump Into Food and Fitness
Healthy Living
PJ
Health
Moderate physical activity can reduce the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, stress and high blood pressure.
Physically active people live longer and have better quality lives than inactive people.
Physical activity levels decrease across the lifespan.
Children and youth should engage in 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity, ideally everyday.
There is a significant decrease in the amount of physical activity between elementary school and high school students, especially for girls. Increased consumption of unhealthy food, stress, and built environments that promote physical inactivity are largely responsible.
Participants will reduce their risk for weight related or preventable diseases through healthier lifestyle choices resulting in decreased medical and mental health costs.
Youth and families will increase physical stamina.
Ballard Countians will accept and promote a more active lifestyle.
The stereotypical view of Kentuckians will be challenged through improved health indicators.
Improvement in the built environment promotes physical activity and healthy aging through the life-span.
Adopt new or improved habits and behaviors related to physical activity practices.
Engage in regular physical activity.
Maintain physical activity at age-appropriate recommended levels.
Increased physical activity in families and schools,
Adopt new strategies for physical and mental relaxation,
Youth implement changes gradually through the development of their personal physical activity goals.
Provide access to safe places where youth and their families can be physically active.
educate parents to help change attitudes
practice and promotion of physical activity events
Gain knowledge, attitudes, skills, and aspirations to increase physical activity.
Gain knowledge about the relationship between disease and weight,
Learn that fitness can be fun while being healthy,
Educate parents to help change attitudes and to understand the importance of being more physically active together.
Identify safe places in their community where they can be physically activity.
parents understand the importance of being more physically active together.
Initial Outcome: increase in number of times per week for intentional physical activity
Indicator:number of people who report at least a 10% increase in the number of "steps" for those tracking steps
Method: follow-up survey
Timeline: 3 months after completion of program
Intermediate Outcome: Adoption of personal physical activity goals.
Indicator: number of people who report adopting at least one of their personal physical activity goals on a regular basis.
Method: follow-up survey
Timeline: 3 months after completion of program
Intermediate Outcome: Increase in the number of "steps" for those tracking steps
Indicator: number of people who report and increase in the number of "steps", for those tracking steps
Method: Follow-up survey
Timeline: 3 months after completion of program
Intermediate Outcome: increase in number of times per week for intentional physical activity
indicator: number of people who indicate an increase in number of times per week of intentional activity
Method: Follow-up survey
Timeline: 3 months after completion of program
Long-Term Outcome: access to safe places for physical activity provided by community health coalition for youth and their families
Indicator: increase in number of activity or events using the built environment
Method: Physical Activity Committee report to COMPASS Coalition
Timeline: May
Audience: 3-5 After-school 21 Century participants
Project or Activity: gym and activities with nutrition programs
Content or Curriculum: Jump Into Food and Fitness
Inputs: extension office, schools
Date: September - April
Audience: 9-18 year olds
Project or Activity: Bicycle Club
Content or Curriculum: National 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: volunteer leader, wheels and wings Committee members
Date: September - May
Audience: bicyclist from region, families
Project or Activity: Wheels & Wings Bike Ride
Content or Curriculum: Physical Activity Promotion
Inputs: riders, bicycles, Ballard County Community Education, 4-H & FCS Extension Agents, Volunteers, Purchase District Health Department, COMPASS Coalition
Date: Spring
Author: Paula Jerrell
Major Program: Agriculture
Ballard County had their first ever Chicken and Turkey Barbeque event this summer. Dr. Jackie Jacob, from UK, worked with my co-worker Tom Miller and myself to put on a fun, educational and tasty event at our Extension Office. We had 12 participants who learned about chicken and turkey barbeque, nutrition and food safety while having a fun time and enjoying the chicken breasts and turkey burgers that they cooked. Our local responsibility was to get the meat to cook and the sides to e
