NSTEP works to help teach about healthy eating and living (Emma Payne, CMRU.ca)
NSTEP has set out to provide children with the knowledge they need to know about nutrition and physical activity. NSTEP was founded in 2002 by Deb Hymers to ensure that the next generation would be able to build healthy habits that will follow them as they grow up.
Focusing on the Future
NSTEP wants to educate kids to eat better and to walk more so that they can live a longer healthier life. They want the children to learn about healthy living in a fun and interactive environment. They encourage the kids to learn through challenges they give and by setting goals. They work with schools, community, colleges, and universities to help teach kids and caregivers on how to live their best lives.
They provide opportunities by:
- Giving examples of how to reach there nutrition and activity goals
- Giving teachers curriculum tools to help teach about nutrition and health
- They help connect children in different grades
- Provide older children the opportunity to mentor
- Giving administrators tools to influence wellness
- Collaborate with people who have backgrounds in education, dietetics, kinesiology, nursing, and human ecology
NSTEP adjusts their curriculum based on what the community is needing. Stacey Trim says “Because we are a grassroots program it means that we are on the ground, we get a lot of face to face interaction with the people we work with, which means that we get to listen and get to adapt really easily, we get to take the program materials and resources that we have, listen to what our community is asking, and where the gaps are, and then we adjust and readapt”
History of NSTEP
NSTEP was founded after the world health organization in 2002 stated that the current generation will be the first to die before their parents do to poor nutrition. Deb created NSTEP to ensure that the next generation had all the tools they needed to live a long and healthy life uninhabited by nutritional diseases.
Available Programs
NSTEP has a variety of programs. From working in communities and schools to helping with adult wellness. They aim to teach people about nutrition and physical activity. They provide their knowledge both in person and online.
Author’s note
NSTEP really cares about what they are doing and about the health of children. It was interesting to learn about this charity that wants to help create a better future for people.
-Emma
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