Footprint of Many

Obesity Healthercise is an exciting program for children and youth to gain daily nutritional facts, eat a variety of nutrient-rich foods, including fruits and vegetables and maintain a balanced weight through regular physical activities such as dance, exercises, and walking. The program also has healthy cooking tips provided to us by volunteer nurses that teach the children and youth how to prepare their own nutritional snacks and foods.

Sistas of Praise

Five Talented and Anointed Young Ladies

From the City of Oakland

Obesity is... a chronic disease with a strong familial component. To be obese refers specifically to having an abnormally high proportion of body fat. Since 2000 obesity progression has reached over 31%. Unfortunately, researchers say obese children are more than twice more likely to have diabetes than children of normal weight. This is an issue that is not getting better, it is getting worse. Now is the time for something to be done in our communities to help our children to have healthier eating habits.

Working with children and youth is what Footprint of Many is all about. We have successfully completed projects called Kick butts with Teen Talk Thursdays and Exhale to Excel, that were targeted to stop children and youth from tobacco use. We are now totally committed to helping children who are obese live healthier and longer lives. We believe that through health information, exercise, and lots of encouragement and love we can help children that are obese increase their self-esteem and decrease their excess weight.

The Project is conducted in four phases. Workshops and classes are held at the Footprint of Many office and presented every year.

Phase I – December to January

Nutrition for the Soul - Our introductory workshop focuses on exercise and healthy eating habits:

Warm-ups
Freedom of movement, expression
“Eat ‘til you drop nutritionally”

This phase, which was initially funded by a grant from the Kaiser Foundation, is an introduction to healthy eating habits. Ten youth participated in our first workshop, walk-a-thon, visited a recording studio, and produced a CD entitled “Workout for Youth”. The youth lost on an average 6 to 12 pounds in one to two months.

Phase II – February

"Walking in Stride For a Child's Life"

Footprint of Many will have walk-a-thon during the month of February, which is entitled "Waling In Stride For a Child's Life". Everyone is invited to participate and support our walk-a-thon in our continuing effort to bring awareness to the obesity crisis affecting our community.

Phase IIl – March

Healthy Choices

Walk Don’t Talk
Nutritional Snacks
Class Assignments
Building Self-esteem

Phase IV – April through June

Dance Workshops - This workshop will be dance classes held on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Feeling energized
Dance routines
Nutritional overview

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