Hawaii Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) Newsletter - January 2015 Issue
Hawaii Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) Newsletter - January 2015 Issue
Click the link above to view the latest issue of Hawaii PAN Newsletter 2015 Edition. This newsletter is published annually to help increase awareness of PAN programs, projects and iniatives within our state and abroad on the national level. The Hawaii State Department of Health, along with the Chornic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division and Healthy Hawaii initiatives help make this newsletter a reality.
One of the articles out of this edition include Curt Okimoto's Kaaawa Elementary Health Fair Offers Sophisticated Breakout Sessions, Medical Pros:
Submitted by Curt Okimoto, Windward District HHI Health/PE Resource
For the first time in its 104-year history, Kaaawa Elementary held a school- wide health fair for its students and parents. Some 160 students and family members attended “Commit to be Fit,” co-presented by health-care professionals and community partners, who showed students the benefits of making healthy choices and how to do it.
A public health nurse and nursing students from Hawaii Pacific University were among those who presented 15-minute general-audience activities, one after the other, for a captive audience of about 125 kindergartners through sixth- graders. There were also four 30-minute breakout sessions, each tailored for the upper and lower grades.
Read more in this quarter's edition of Hawaii PAN Newsletter.