| Shoney's, East Tennessee Children's Hospital and Baptist Senior Services know that helping children maintain a healthy lifestyle is about the relationship among a healthy diet, daily physical activity and social relationships. With that goal in mind, an innovative Eating and Living Healthy program has been developed to give third-grade students throughout East Tennessee an interactive curriculum that teaches the importance of combining nutrition and exercise. |
 | Shoney's of Knoxville strongly believes in contributing to the communities it serves; so in 1996, Shoney's continued its ongoing partnership with Children's Hospital to introduce the Eating Healthy program. The program now offers a well-rounded view focused on overall nutrition and fitness. |
The Eating and Living Healthy program is designed to teach children how they will benefit from leading an active, healthy lifestyle. The Living Healthy component was added to encourage physical fitness as it relates to a healthy diet to create a healthy body. In addition, social relationships are key for a healthy life, so Baptist Health System's Senior Services joined the team to incorporate grandparenting and intergenerational communication into the program.
The curriculum has been distributed to third-grade classrooms throughout Knox, Blount, Loudon, Sevier, Campbell, Anderson and Roane counties. If you have a third grader, ask him or her about what he or she has been learning in school about Eating and Living Healthy.
EACH THIRD-GRADE CLASSROOM HAS RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING:
- Eating Healthy and Living Healthy curriculum packs incorporating math, social studies, language arts/writing, health and art.
- A growth chart.
- A bulletin board kit.
- Living Healthy exercise video. Introduced by University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball coach Pat Summit and WATE-TV's Lori Tucker, this video is led by Alfred Huffaker, a Knox County physical education teacher, along with Shoney Bear and local elementary school students. The video is intended to be used inside the classroom setting to get children "moving" in the morning and demonstrate the simplicity of regular physical activity.
- Certificates of completion to reward children for completing the program.
Not only will area children be encouraged in the Eating and Living Healthy program at school, but they will also find a color-coded Kids' Menu at area Shoney's Restaurants.
For more information on the Eating and Living Healthy program, contact the Children's Hospital Community Relations Department at (865) 541-8165.
