Healthy Habits for Life

Kick-Off Inservice

(Insert your agency name)(Insert date)

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Welcome to Healthy Habits for Life Kick-Off!

Today’s session is brought to you by the number “1” and the letter “U,”

because….

YOU are the only U you’ve got, so take care of yourself!

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ULOOK

FEEL

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What does wellness mean to you?

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Welcome to

Healthy Habits for Life

from

Linnea SallackCalifornia WIC Director

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Agenda

• On the Corner of Sesame Street and WIC Way

• Results of the Wellness Survey• My Wellness Journal• Wiggle Break• Wellness Station (optional activity) • Food Diary and Sometime/Anytime Foods• Me and My Healthy Habit• Self-Pledge• Looking Down the Road from Here

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Building on Our Strengths

• What are ONE or TWO things that you are already doing NOW to improve your health?

• Share at your tables.

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Sesame Street is Coming to WIC!

• Sesame Street will be used to promote healthy nutrition message and the new WIC food package.

• Partnering with Sesame Street is a good idea because BRANDING WORKS!

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Power of Sesame Street Branding

• Research of preschool children, ages 3-5 year old

• Most can describe what “healthy” means– Healthy Food (50%)– Feeling good (23%)– Growing (18%) – Exercise (9%)

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Power of Sesame Street Branding

• Children asked to select healthy food– Breakfast: Donut OR Cereal– Lunch: Vegetable soup OR Fries– Dinner: Lean chicken & salad OR

Cheeseburger & onion rings– Snack: Apple OR Potato Chips

• Asked:– What would a healthy kid choose to eat?– What would YOU choose to eat?

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Power of Sesame Street Branding

• Question: What would a healthy kid choose to eat?

• Knowledge increased with age– 3 year olds: 30% picked correctly– 4 year olds: 50% picked correctly– 5 year olds: 70% picked correctly

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Power of Sesame Street Branding

• Question: What would YOU choose to eat?

• Behavior remained constant with age– 3 year olds: 30% picked correctly– 4 year olds: 35% picked correctly– 5 year olds: 32% picked correctly

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Power of Sesame Street Branding

• Research on effects of Food Packaging

• Asked to choose which food they would want to eat: grapes or bananas?

• Control group: generic packaging• Condition 1:

– Elmo on grape packaging– Unknown character on banana packaging

• Condition 2:– switched

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Which food would you want to eat?

Control Condition 1 Condition 2

61% 75%With ELMO

37%With unknown

character

39% 25%With unknown

character

63%With ELMO

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Power of Sesame Street Branding

• Food packaging– Chocolate vs Broccoli

• Elmo vs unknown character

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Which food would you want to eat?

Control Condition 1 Condition 2

22% 50%With ELMO

11%With unknown

character

78% 50%With unknown

character

89%With ELMO

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Power of Sesame Street Branding

• What do you think about this research?

• What other types of branding have impacted you or your children or grandchildren?

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DVD: The Get Healthy Now Show

• As you watch this DVD, think about how this piece can positively impact kids.

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WIC Staff Wellness Campaign

• Sesame Street materials will be used to promote healthy messages to participants starting in April 2009.

• Until then, focus is on STAFF WELLNESS!

• WIC Staff are best advocates for healthy eating and active living.

•YOU are the only “U” you’ve got so take care of yourself!

Healthy Habits for Life SURVEY RESULTS

for

(LOCAL AGENCY NAME)

Poor Fair Good  Very good  Excellent

1. How would you describe your health?

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2. How would you describe your current weight?

Underweight  Normal  Overweight  Obese

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(insert Local Agency name) Weight Statistics

Compared with the United States

Weight Status

United States

Your local agency

Normal weight

34%

Overweight 65%

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3. On an average day, about how many times do you eat fruits?

0  1  2  3  4  5  6 or more

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4. On an average day, about how many times do you eat vegetables?

0  1  2  3  4  5  6 or more

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5. On an average day, about how many times do you drink milk or eat milk products?

0  1  2  3  4  5 or more

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6. What kind of milk do you typically drink?

non fat1% low fat2% low fatwhole milksoy milkother milk (e.g. goat milk)don't drink any kind of milk

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7. What kind of cheese do you typically eat?

non fatlow fatregulardon't eat cheese

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8. What kind of yogurt do you typically eat?

non fatlow fatregulardon't eat yogurt

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9. How many times per week do you typically eat fast food?

NeverOnce a week or less 2-3 times/week4-6 times/week7-9 times/week10 or more

times/week

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10. What kind of foods do you usually eat between meals? (choose all that apply)

candies, cookies, chocolate, pastries, pan dulce, etc.

yogurt, cheesepretzels, dry cereal, crackers, nuts

potato chips, doritos, cheese puffs

ice-cream, popsiclenoneotherIf Other, please specify

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11. On a typical day, how many 12 ounce servings (one can) of regular soda, energy drinks and sweetened drinks (including juice, sports drinks, boba, sweetened coffee drinks, horchata, tampico, etc.) do you drink?

0  1  2  3  4  5  6 or more

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12. On a typical day, how many 8 ounce servings of water do you drink?

0  1  2  3  4  

5  6  

7 8  

 

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13. How many days per week are you physically active?

0  1  2  3  4  5  67

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14. When you are physically active, how many minutes per day are you physically active?

don't exercise<15 minutes15-30 minutes31-45 minutes46-60 minutes>60 minutes

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15. Below is a list bread and grain items. For each item, please indicate if you ever buy it for your family. Do not include items eaten at a restaurant. Do you buy…(if sometimes, count as yes)

Yes No Don’t know

Whole wheat bread orwhole grain bread

White Bread

Corn Tortillas

Whole Wheat Tortillas

Flour Tortillas

Oatmeal (not instant oatmeal packets)

Brown Rice

White Rice

Barley

Bulgur

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I don’t know what it isI have never tasted itI don’t know how to cook itIt takes too long to cookI don’t like how it tastesMy family doesn’t like itIt cost too muchSomeone in the family has a food allergy or

medical reason not to eat themI can’t find them in the storeNo specific reasonDon’t knowOtherI do buy brown rice

16. What is the reason you don't buy brown rice?

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17. What is the reason you don't buy whole wheat tortillas? I don’t know what they are

I have never tasted themI make my own tortillas at homeI don’t like how they tasteMy family doesn’t like themThey cost too muchSomeone in the family has a food allergy or

medical reason not to eat themI can’t find them in the storeNo specific reasonDon’t knowOtherI do buy whole wheat tortillas

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18. What is the reason you don't buy corn tortillas?

I don’t know what they areI have never tasted themI make my own tortillas at homeI don’t like how they tasteMy family doesn’t like themThey cost too muchSomeone in the family has a food allergy

or medical reason not to eat them

I can’t find them in the storeNo specific reasonDon’t knowOtherI do buy corn tortillas

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19. What is the reason you don't buy whole wheat or whole grain breads?

I don’t know what these products areI have never tasted these productsI don’t like how they tasteMy family doesn’t like themThey cost too muchSomeone in the family has a food allergy

or medical reason not to eat them

I can’t find these products in the storeNo specific reasonDon’t knowOther

_____ I do buy whole wheat or whole grain breads

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20. What is your height?

feet  inches

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21. What is your weight in pounds?

lbs.  

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Below 18.5 (Underweight)18.5 – 24.9 (Normal)25.0 – 29.9 (Overweight)30.0 and Above (Obese)

22. BMI

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23. Now based on the BMI score you just found, please use Table 2 to find your weight status

UnderweightNormalOverweightObese

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24. Have you had a "routine" physical (visit with doctor to check your health) in the past year?

YesNoDon't know

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25. Do you have diabetes?

YesNoPre-diabetesDon't know

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26. Do you take medication for diabetes?

YesNoDon't know

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27. Do you have high cholesterol?

YesNoDon't know

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28. Do you take medication to lower your cholesterol?

YesNoDon't know

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29. Do you have high blood pressure?

YesNoDon't know

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30. Do you take medication to lower your blood pressure?

YesNoDon't know

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31. How stressed do you feel on an average weekday?

not at alla littlesomewhat a lotextremely don't know

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32. What do you do to decrease your stress? (Choose all that apply)

I don’t feel stress

I don’t do anythingI talk to family and/or friendsI exerciseI practice deep breathing or other

relaxation techniques I spend time with my child/childrenI have a drink (beer, wine, liquor)other

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33. What health-related goals are you working on? (Choose all that apply)

reduce sweets intake reduce sugar drinksreduce fat in dietreduce salt intakereduce smokingreduce stresslose some weighteat more fruits and vegetablesincrease physical activitiesdrink more waternoneother

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34. Which one of your goals from the list do you plan to work on first? 

reduce sweets intake reduce sugar drinksreduce fat in dietreduce salt intakereduce smokingreduce stresslose some weighteat more fruits and vegetablesdrink more waternoneother

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My Wellness Journal

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My Wellness Journal

• Write your name on the front• Embellish your journal (optional) • Page through the journal

• Which sections are most useful for you?

• Share your “likes” with the group.

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What are you already doing well?

• Record what you are already doing well on page 115 of your Wellness Journal.

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Wiggle Break

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Wellness Stations

• BMI• Waist Circumference• Waist to Hip Ratio: Apple or Pear• Blood Pressure• Blood Glucose

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Using Food Diaries

• Those who keep food diaries can lose twice as much weight!

• A food diary is used to record and track what you eat.

• Other information to record:– Time you ate– Where you ate– How were you feeling?

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Activity: Use Your Food Diary!

• Turn to page 10• Write today’s date• Record what you ate

today• Write down additional

information in notes section (optional):– Time– Place– How were you feeling?

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Sometime/Anytime Foods

• Read the handout, Sometime and Anytime Foods.

• Compare the list on the handout to you food diary entry.

• How did you do? What do you think about the list of sometime and anytime foods?

• Share at your tables.

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Take-Home Family Assignment

• Wellness goals are better achieved when efforts involve the entire family.

• Involve your family by completing the take-home family assignments!

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Assignment Choices

•Option A: Divide shopping list into sometime/anytime foods

•Option B: Divide a grocery receipt into sometime/anytime foods

•Option C: Assess your pantry and divide into sometime/anytime foods

•Option D: Watch Sesame DVD with your family!

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Earning Healthy Bucks

• Staff who complete the Take-Home Family Assignment will earn Healthy Bucks.

• Healthy Bucks can also be earned for other accomplishments.

• Healthy Bucks are redeemed for prizes:– (list prizes here)

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Me and My Healthy Habit

• Which healthy habit are you ready to work on?

• Discuss your wellness goal in your small group.

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Small group discussion1. What are the reasons why you selected this

goal? 2. What are the challenges with this goal/habit? 3. (optional) On a scale of 0-10, how ready are

you to make a change?• Why did you choose this number? • Why did you choose __ and not a lower number? • Why did you choose __ and not a higher number? • What would make you more ready to make a

change?

4. What have been your successes with this goal?

5. What do you think your next steps will be? What is your plan?

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Importance of Setting Goals

• People are more likely to achieve their goal when they have clearly described it.

• Writing to down makes it more real and attainable.

• The more specific your goal is, the clearer you are about what your next steps should be, and the more likely that you will make a change.

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Self Pledge

• Complete the front of the pledge

• Complete the back of the pledge:– Name– Home address (or WIC

site)

• Your Self-Pledge will be mailed back to you in a few months!

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Looking Down the Road from Here

• Visualize the new YOU!• When you reach your goals, how will you

reward yourself? • Write down how you will celebrate your

success on page 9 of your Wellness Journal.

• Ideas:– Have a spa day– Buy a new outfit, shoes, or purse– Get a makeover– Give away your old (larger) clothes!

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Good Luck!

Remember:

YOU are the only U you’ve got, so take care

of yourself!