Greenville, OH Jan, 5 2011 –Today, YMCA of Darke County in Greenville and Versailles announces their commitment to join YMCA’s nationwide in adopting standards that will ensure that more children have access to healthy food and physical activity in its 10,000 early childhood and afterschool programs across the country. The new commitment is to the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA). PHA works with the private sector and its honorary chairwoman first lady Michelle Obama.
“As one of the nation’s largest providers of early childhood and afterschool programs, the Y can make a significant impact in improving the health of hundreds of thousands of children nationwide,” said Neil Nicoll, president and CEO of Y-USA. “The Y is a leading nonprofit strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Across the country, children are in desperate need of healthy environments that help them thrive. Implementing standards and practices for Y childcare programs will help create a healthier future for our nation’s children.”
The new standards will:
- Establish a minimum of expected physical activity for children of different ages enrolled in our programs;
- Define food and beverages offerings, including designating water as the primary beverage during snack times and offering fruits and vegetables as snack options;
- Limit the amount of screen time (watching TV, playing video games, using computers);
- Encourage breastfeeding of infants in our care; and
- Commit Ys to conducting parent education to encourage healthy behaviors at home.
The standards are based in part on years of research supported by collaborations with the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), University of Massachusetts at Boston, the Healthy Out of School Time Coalition (HOST) and the National Institute for Out of School Time (NIOST).
YMCA of Darke County operates the region’s premier non-profit preschool and daycare centers advocating youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Now enrolling for Winter contact (937) 548-3777 in Greenville or (937) 526-4488 in Versailles.
Great! I was actually considering a membership at the Y, but now there is no way in hell.
ReplyDelete@4:24 ...and you don't encourage more healthy lifestyles for our youth why???
ReplyDeleteI don't encourage Communism at the hands of Moochelle & Co.
ReplyDeleteHow is assisting kids in eating healthy communism? More like common-ism, as in we have a common desire to be healthy and happy. At least most of us do. When will we move past building divisions and see that simple things like looking out for our health are GOOD? So you would deny your own health and well being because a black, democrat woman is trying to build a program to assist others in being healthy? Curious...
ReplyDeleteI will raise my own children, Thank You very much! I don't need anyone else to dictate how I do it - especially not the government. THAT would be Communism. Honestly, it scares me that people are so eager to give up their liberty this way.
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