|
|
  |
The Lifestyle Journey™ Program
There is a crisis in the health and well-being
of our young people.
Why?
|
Many factors have contributed to this
trend including:
|
- The vast array of fast and processed
foods available
- Two-income working parents with little
spare time to plan meals, eat healthily
or be active themselves or as a family
- The influence of fashion and popular
culture on body image
- The lack of regular physical activity
due to:
- The availability of sedentary
activities such as the internet,
video games,
and
television
- The de-emphasis on physical
education and extracurricular
active pastimes
taking
place in many schools
|
- The mass of nutrition information and
"mis"-information available,
much of which is disjointed and confusing
|
What are the Symptoms?
|
Unhealthy eating habits and inadequate
physical activity contribute to a wide
variety of problems for young people,
including:
- Increased rates of obesity
- Increased risk of Type II diabetes
- Increased risk of heart disease and
poor cardiovascular health
- Increased risk of some types of cancer
- Increased risk of bone and joint problems
such as osteoporosis
- Emotional and psychological stress and
strain in struggling to conform to unrealistic
body images
- Dieting and dysfunctional eating behaviours
and in some cases, eating disorders
- Poor physical fitness and poor posture
|
What Can Be Done?
|
We need to address this problem - in
schools, in our homes, at the community
level and as a society in general.
We also need to help our young people
make healthier choices and help themselves.
|
The time has come for change.
The Lifestyle Journey™ Program from Ideas
For People is designed to empower young people
to make their own healthy choices. This program
provides young people with "back-to-basics"
information concerning nutrition and physical
activity so that they can make informed healthy
choices. However, besides providing information,
the program also provides young people with
hands-on tools they can use to foster long-term
behaviour change and create healthier habits.
The books and tools are written in a non-preaching,
non-judgmental manner, at a level that young
people will find easy to relate to and understand.
The Lifestyle Journey™ Program emphasizes
increasing a young person's knowledge level
about nutrition and physical activity, as well
as offering tools and strategies for actually
applying their knowledge and fostering lasting
changes and healthier habits.
KNOWLEDGE
+ IMPLEMENTATION = CHANGE and HEALTHIER HABITS
= A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE
The Lifestyle Journey™ Program is
comprised of four main components:
1. The Lifestyle Journey™ Story
|
- Engaging fictional story of three
friends and how they deal with issues
such as making healthy choices,
body image, nutrition, dieting,
peer pressure and decision making
- Written exclusively for young
people (grades 6-9)
- Raises their awareness of the
connection between personal lifestyle
choices and health
|
|
|
2. The Back-To-Basics Healthy Eating Guide™
|
- Non-fictional information-based
guidebook
- Contains seven Foundation Strategies
and six Secondary Strategies
- Aimed at providing common-sense
information about nutrition and
physical activity
|
| View links to the components
of the program by clicking below. |
|
Introduction
|
|
|
If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader,
download
the latest version for free! |
|
| |
3. The Healthy Eating Learning Poster™
(H.E.L.P.)
|
|
|
| |
4. The 20-Day Healthy Habit System™
|
- Calendar-type item made up of
tracking sheets
- Helps young people set goals and
create healthier habits
- Focuses on one habit at a time,
for a period of 20 days each
- Designed to be attached to a fridge
|
|
|
If you are a parent, teacher/educator, health
professional, corporation or student, please
look at the links found on our website, which
will provide you with more detailed information
about how The Lifestyle Journey™ Program
can help you.
|
|
|
|
|
)