1. Valarie Starbuck De’Asha Gower

2. Our mission is to provide an educational program on Nutrition and Exercise to the members of the Girls Club. Our program will provide the girls with information that would be useful to them both now and in the future.

3.  To accurately show the participants how to test their heart rate  To assist the participants in acknowledging that exercise can be done in a variety of ways  Increase the participants knowledge about the food pyramid and its benefits  Achieve the ability to make a proper nutritious meal when picking items off of a menu

4.  The Girl’s Club of East St. Louis  The participants were ages 8-13  They came from two housing projects in East St. Louis, Roosevelt and Griffin

5.  Obesity rates in children and teens have doubled in the past 30 years (NIH Medline Plus)  “17% of American children ages 2-19 are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight” (NIH Medline Plus).  “Almost half of Americans aged 12-21 do not engage in vigorous physical activity on a regular basis, and the average teen spends 28 hours each week engaging in activities that require no physical exertion, such as talking on the phone, playing video games or surfing the internet” (The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues)

6.  November 7 th, 2009  Vadalabene Center  20 Audience Members  15 Girl’s Club members  5 Volunteers

7.  Introduction  Pre-test  Heart Rate Presentation  Nutrition Presentation  Snack Break/Game  Walking/Heart Rate Activity  Questions  Post-test

9. At the End of the program, 60% of the program participants will demonstrate calculating their baseline heart rate Goal: 60%Achieved: 0%

11. At the end of the program, 90% of the program participants will be able to choose from a list, activities that qualify as exercises that raise the heart rate Goal: 90%Achieved: 13% Circle which of the following are considered exercises that raise your heart rate Going for a jog Swimming Dancing Playing Basketball Jumping ropePlaying Hopscotch

12. Circle which of the following are considered exercises that raise your heart rate 1. Going for a jog 2. Swimming 3. Dancing 4. Playing Basketball 5. Jumping rope 6. Playing Hopscotch

13. At the end of the program, 80% of the program participants will be able to pick from a list all areas of the food pyramid Goal: 80%Achieved: 53%

16. At the end of the program, 75% of the program participants will be able to determine the daily number of serving of fruits according to the Food Guide Pyramid Goal: 75%Achieved:33%

18. At the end of the program, 75% of the program participants will be able to determine the daily number of servings of vegetables according to the Food Guide Pyramid Goal: 75%Achieved: 46%

20.  Evaluation methods for this population are best done as simple and easy as possible  Limit the amount of educational topics and focus on one main topic  Make learning fun and hands-on