• Engage all youth in physical activity
• Cook with kids in all learning situations
• Increase your influence as an adult role model and educator in relation to children’s health
• Raise money and reward children while celebrating and promoting good health
• Explain the influence of gender, age, and body composition on physical activity in youth

—›Do you realize the influence you have on the health of youth?
—›Do you need some new ideas on how to raise funds to help youth with cooking projects?
—›How about situational learning tips in the area of health and nutrition?
—›What role can physical activity play in all youth programming?

Earn valuable CEUs while gaining valuable insights related to…

• Bringing families back to the meal-time table – focus on the family unit
• Children developing lifelong eating habits
• Physical activity – including how to make your community more walkable
• Reducing the risk of chronic diseases
• Systems approaches to well being – for example, schools
• The psychology of food and eating

—›In addition to hearing from family meal-time expert Martha Marino and the other topics listed above, counselors and social workers will learn how to counter the adverse effects of marketing on children’s health, how to support healthy school environments, and how to enjoy a health-focused lifestyle.

This is a unique opportunity to learn more about health-centered approaches to well being from nationally and internationally renowned speakers!  In addition to hearing from top researchers and practitioners, you will…

• Earn CEUs
• Learn about successful educational efforts and other programs from a wide range of poster session presenters and exhibitors
• Network with other professionals

  Special feature:  Pam McCarthy’s post-conference workshop will help you become more influential in helping your patients/clients improve their health behaviors.

• Cutting edge information on nutrition and well-being?
• Successful approaches and resources for Extension programming?
• Creative ways to make a difference in the lives of Americans of all ages?
  

Come to Shaping a Healthy Future IV!  Learn from experts like….

• Brian Wansink, author, marketing specialist, and national nutrition leader, on mindful eating and the new MyPyramid tool for menu make-overs
• Martha Marino, consultant and program developer, on pleasurable family meals
• And many more!
  

Talk the talk and walk the walk with outstanding speakers and talented educators from around the nation!!

• food-body relationships
• pleasurable family meals
• marketing and the health of youth
• mindful eating
  

Network with those currently working in the fields you are training your students to pursue.  This is an ideal setting to learn what is going on in the real world of health and nutrition!

Parks & Recreation Personnel

• Earn CEUs for Health Education Specialists (and more!)
• Hear from experts on some of the issues you face every day:
  • Susan Linn on “Consuming Kids” – what influences the food choices of the children you coach?
  • Dan Burden on “Whole, Happy, Healthy Communities” – your goals exactly!
  • Russell Pate on “Promotion of Physical Activity” – more tools for your toolbox!
  • Pam McCarthy on “How to Be More Influential” – helping people accomplish more!
• Network with state, regional, and national professionals in your field

• Maternal/child health programs
• Nutrition for children and families
• Gaining and using new tools to make a difference in your community

—›Just one example:  Baylor College of Medicine’s Jennifer Orlet Fisher will share research and practical application related to genetic and unlearned aspects of eating and food preferences and how caregivers and other adults influence children’s eating habits.
—›Other experts will provide valuable insights related to creating more walkable communities, supporting family meal times, fostering healthy school environments, and much, much more!

• Incorporating recreation to foster whole, happy, healthy lives
• Promotion of physical activity, especially in youth
• Becoming an effective leader for change in your community

Dan Burden, founder and executive director of Walkable Communities, will speak on creating communities that support active living.  You’ll also have an opportunity to network with varied nutrition and physical activity professionals to improve the health of residents in your community.

• Never too old or too young
• Healthy lifestyles
• Behavior change for those who are set in their ways
• Small steps
• Making current knowledge accessible to and interesting for older adults
• Physical activity is the only fountain of youth we know
• Don’t be the victim of modern packaging and promotion

—›We are never too old or too young to make changes for a healthier lifestyle.  Speakers will offer ideas for helping communities and individuals of all ages – including older adults – take small steps toward better health, including that fountain of youth, increased physical activity.  Professionals working with senior citizens will also learn more about the visual traps of how food is presented or packaged as well as ways to make communities more walkable for everyone.

“This conference will show you new directions.  The speakers go beyond just research – they tell you how to apply it, how to implement important changes.”

• Linda Willman, Laramie County School District #1, Cheyenne, WY, and
• Donna Toly, Sweetwater County School District #1, Rock Springs, WY

• Influence nutrition and physical activity among our diverse school populations
• Increase healthy behaviors in our students
• Reduce the risk of chronic health conditions in our students
• Increase positive attitudes about nutrition, physical activity, and body-size diversity!