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Major Theme |
***Group Session Objectives (Expert-led CHA’s) |
Tailored Intervention with each family (led by CHA’s) |
Church-level support (Pastors) |
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Welcome to CHHIL Kick-off! (Making a Commitment) |
(a) Overview of CHHIL program; |
(a) Build Individual commitment; (b) Record/reinforce reasons for joining; |
(a) Kickoff event at least 1 week prior to program start; & |
| (b) Benefits of a healthy lifestyle; |
© Review benefits; reinforce self-monitoring of food intake; & |
(b) Pastor to present program overview. |
| (c) Introduction to the Food Pyramid; (d) Assess your own PA habits; |
(d) Endorse visit to YMCA for family PA. |
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| (e) Introduce self-monitoring; |
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| (f) Set family goal to engage in PA; (g) Building groupp commitment; & |
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| (h) Setting SMART goals. |
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New eating style, environment it’s all around you! |
(a) Meaning and important of environment; |
(a) Introduce home self-monitoring of weight; |
(a) Pastor endorsement of weekly session objectives during weekly sermon. |
| (b) Planning healthy meals and snacks; |
(b) Assess success in decreasing calories; |
| (c) Recognize patterns in family environment; |
(c) Problem solving, endorsing habit changes; & |
| (d) Set goals regarding home environment; & |
(d) Endorse visits to YMCA for family PA. |
| (e) Using positive reinforcement with your children. |
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Size Up your servings! Seeing is believing |
(a) Review the concept of moderation; |
(a) Practice self-monitoring skills (i.e. measuring foods, estimating food portion size); |
(a) Pastor endorsement of healthy eating and improving PA during weekly sermon; & |
| (b) Recognize feeling of hunger and satiety; |
(b) Problem solving; |
(b) Church activities may include cooking demos and taste tests. |
| (c) Important of estimating serving seizes; |
(c) Endorsing habit changes; & |
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| (d) Set family goals to estimate portion seizes at meals; |
(d) Endorse visits to YMCA for family PA activity for at least one hour. |
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| (e) Introduce three ways to eat less; (f) Identify CV exercise and its benefits; |
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| (g) Take your pulse and calculating target heart rates; |
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| (h) Set family goals to engage in aerobic exercise; & |
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| (I) Family rules. |
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Go, Grow, Glow! Empty Calories |
(a) Identify major nutrient in each food group; |
(a) Emphasize important of regular meals and eating slowly; |
(a) Pastor endorsement of healthy eating and improving PA during weekly sermon; & |
| (b) Recognize fat and sugar content in snacks and soda; |
(b) Review self-report and cooking/eating activities in past week; |
(b) Church activities may include cooking demos and taste tests. |
| (c) Identify low fat substitutes for high fat foods; |
(c)Identify exercise that improves flexibility; |
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| (d) Recognize importance of warm-ups and cool downs; |
(d)Review family goals and mapping your day for eating and PA; & |
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| (e) Set family goal to decrease empty calories; |
(e) Endorse visits to YMCA for family PA activity for at least one hour |
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| (f)Teach reading food calorie labels; & |
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| (g) Use of rewards and incentives with children. |
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| 5 |
Mix up Recipes. Tip the Calorie Balance |
(a) Modify receipt to contain lower-fat ingredients; |
(a) Begin self-repots of food intake and PA; |
(a) Pastor endorsement of weekly session objectives during weekly sermon; & |
| (b) Plan a balanced meal; |
(b) Reinforce positive behaviors; |
(b) One policy change in the church (e.g., setting guidelines about the types of food to be served at church function and/or changing snacks served to children in church). |
| (c) Set family goals to plan and prepare a balanced meal; |
(c) Assist in problem solving as needed (i.e, addressing personal likes and dislikes about PA). |
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| (d) Prepare a common recipe using a low fat ingredients; |
(d) Endorse visits to YMCA for family PA activity for at least one hour |
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| (e) Keep a watch on eating healthy outside; |
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| (f) Self-monitoring; |
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| (g) Recognize major muscle groups in the body; |
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| (h) Recognize importance of muscle strength; |
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| (I) Set family goal to muscle strengthening activities; |
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| (j) Self-esteem. |
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Taking Charge of what’s around you |
(a) Assist participants to find time to include PA short bouts (10-15minutes) and healthy lifestyle activities; |
(a) Review self-reports of food intake and PA; |
(a) Pastor endorsement of weekly session objectives during weekly sermon; & |
| (b)Teach basic principles of exercising safely; & |
(b) Reinforce positive behaviors; |
(b) Pastor to promote project through announcements on display boards, newsletters, church bulletin (etc.) |
| (c) Encourage everyone in the family to meet their goals successfully. |
(c) Develop action plans; |
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(d) Maintain food and fitness diaries; & |
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(e) Endorse visits to YMCA for family PA activity for at least one hour. |
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Stop and Shop Healthy Shopping |
(a) Planning a healthy shopping list; (b) Reading and comparing labels; |
(a) Review self-reports; |
(a) Pastor endorsement of weekly session objectives during weekly sermon; & |
| (c) Set family goals to plan and prepare balanced meals; |
(b) Provide a reduced calorie, structured meal plan that is tailored for family; |
(b) Ongoing activity, policy, promotion (as described above). |
| (d) Practice shopping at the Coop; (e)Take stock of progress and consolidate gains; |
(c) Plan field trips to PA such as roller skating at the park;& |
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| (f) Set family goals to continue weekly PA; & |
(d) Endorse visits to YMCA for family PA activity for at least one hour. |
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| (g )Teach the fundaments of energy balance and goals to lose weight. |
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Party on! Introduction to monthly follow-up sessions |
(a) Resisting social pressure and eating out; |
(a) Review self-reports; |
(a) Pastor endorsement of weekly session objectives during weekly sermon; & |
| (b) Environmental cutes that encourage eating; |
(b) Identify cues in individual’s environment and develop action plan |
(b) Ongoing activity, policy, promotion (as described above) |
| (c) How to select and adhere to healthy choices when eating away from home; |
(c) Mapping your day for eating and PA |
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| (d) Review progress and consolidate gains; |
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| (e) Set long-term goals to make healthy changes and permanent part of lifestyle |
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| (f) Overview of monthly follow up sessions. |
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