Check out the We Can!® 2010 Video Contest Winner The We Can! team, representing the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Cancer Institute, have announced the overall contest winner of their first-ever video contest. Congratulations to the University of South Carolina Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health in Columbia, South Carolina for their video entitled, "We Can MOVE IT!" Watch the winning video here: http://wecan.nhlbi.nih.gov/videocontest. Over 1,500 votes were cast on the We Can! Facebook page, and the number of "likes" determined the overall contest winner. Thanks to all who voted—you made the contest a huge success! As the video contest winner, the Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health will receive to use for their We Can! programming, and the school's We Can! program will be featured—along with their video—in the upcoming fall We Can! in Action eNewsletter. For more information on the contest, visit We Can!'s Video Contest page. You can watch all the video submissions on We Can!'s Facebook page or in the 2010 Video Contest Group on the We Can! YouTube Channel.
Download Podcast on We Can! and National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month Did you know September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month? Although obesity is a devastating public-health crisis in the United States, many people are not aware of the statistics concerning childhood obesity. Over the past 30 years, the prevalence of childhood obesity has more than doubled among children ages 2-5; has tripled among youth ages 6-11; and has more than tripled among adolescents and teens ages 12-19. Parents and caregivers are the primary influencers for children ages 8-13, and they can help children lead healthier lives. Back-to-school time is a great time to take the first step to healthier choices for the whole family. We Can! provides parents with some easy ways to promote these choices through three key behaviors: improving food choices, increasing physical activity, and reducing screen time. Follow this link to download the podcast, or read the transcript, with more information about We Can! and National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.
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