Healthy Habits for Life Kick-Off Inservice

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Healthy Habits for LifeKick-Off Inservice

• (Insert your agency name)
• (Insert date)

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Welcome to Healthy Habits for Life Kick-Off!

• Todays session is brought to you by the number
  1 and the letter U, because.
• YOU are the only U youve got, so take care of
  yourself!

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What does wellness mean to you?
U
LOOK
SOUND
FEEL
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Welcome to Healthy Habits for Life from Linnea
Sallack California 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 youve got so take care of
  yourself!

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Healthy Habits for Life SURVEY RESULTSfor

• (LOCAL AGENCY NAME)

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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 fat
• 1 low fat
• 2 low fat
• whole milk
• soy milk
• other 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 fat
• low fat
• regular
• don't eat cheese

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8. What kind of yogurt do you typically
eat?

• non fat
• low fat
• regular
• don't eat yogurt

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

• Never
• Once a week or less
• 2-3 times/week
• 4-6 times/week
• 7-9 times/week
• 10 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, cheese
• pretzels, dry cereal, crackers, nuts
• potato chips, doritos, cheese puffs
• ice-cream, popsicle
• none
• other
• If 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  
• 6
• 7

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

• don't exercise
• lt15 minutes
• 15-30 minutes
• 31-45 minutes
• 46-60 minutes
• gt60 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 Dont know Whole
wheat bread or whole grain bread White
Bread Corn Tortillas Whole Wheat
Tortillas Flour Tortillas Oatmeal
(not instant oatmeal packets) Brown
Rice White Rice Barley Bu
lgur
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16. What is the reason you don't buy brown rice?
I dont know what it is I have never tasted
it I dont know how to cook it It takes too
long to cook I dont like how it tastes My
family doesnt like it It cost too
much Someone in the family has a food allergy
or medical reason not to eat
them I cant find them in the store No
specific reason Dont know Other I do buy
brown rice
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17. What is the reason you don't buy whole wheat
tortillas?

• I dont know what they are
• I have never tasted them
• I make my own tortillas at home
• I dont like how they taste
• My family doesnt like them
• They cost too much
• Someone in the family has a food allergy or
• medical reason not to eat them
• I cant find them in the store
• No specific reason
• Dont know
• Other
• I do buy whole wheat tortillas

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

• I dont know what they are
• I have never tasted them
• I make my own tortillas at home
• I dont like how they taste
• My family doesnt like them
• They cost too much
• Someone in the family has a food allergy or
• medical reason not to eat them
• I cant find them in the store
• No specific reason
• Dont know
• Other
• I do buy corn tortillas

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

• I dont know what these products are
• I have never tasted these products
• I dont like how they taste
• My family doesnt like them
• They cost too much
• Someone in the family has a food allergy or
• medical reason not to eat them
• I cant find these products in the store
• No specific reason
• Dont know
• Other
• _____ 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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22. BMI
Below 18.5 (Underweight) 18.5 24.9
(Normal) 25.0 29.9 (Overweight) 30.0 and
Above (Obese)
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23. Now based on the BMI score you just found,
please use Table 2 to find your weight status
Underweight Normal Overweight Obese
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24. Have you had a "routine" physical (visit with
doctor to check your health) in the past year?

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

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25. Do you have diabetes?

• Yes
• No
• Pre-diabetes
• Don't know

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26. Do you take medication for
diabetes?

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

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27. Do you have high cholesterol?

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

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28. Do you take medication to lower your
cholesterol?

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

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29. Do you have high blood pressure?

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

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

• Yes
• No
• Don't know

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

• not at all
• a little
• somewhat
• a lot
• extremely
• don't know

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

• I dont feel stress
• I dont do anything
• I talk to family and/or friends
• I exercise
• I practice deep breathing or other
• relaxation techniques
• I spend time with my child/children
• I 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 drinks
• reduce fat in diet
• reduce salt intake
• reduce smoking
• reduce stress
• lose some weight
• eat more fruits and vegetables
• increase physical activities
• drink more water
• none
• other

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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 drinks
• reduce fat in diet
• reduce salt intake
• reduce smoking
• reduce stress
• lose some weight
• eat more fruits and vegetables
• drink more water
• none
• other

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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 todays 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 discussion

• What are the reasons why you selected this goal?
• What are the challenges with this goal/habit?
• (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?
• What have been your successes with this goal?
• 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 youve got, so take care of
  yourself!