Live It! is a partnership program between the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Alignment Nashville and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. Live It! is a collaborative effort to create a culture of wellness by bringing community partners together to educate and encourage students, staff, parents and community members in the development of healthy eating and physical activity habits. In the past 3 years Live It! has been an 8 week program in Middle Schools. This year Glencliff High School was chosen to be the Live It! school and programming will be implemented the entire academic year. Community organizations along with Vanderbilt students, nutrition interns, sports medicine trainers, athletes, Children's Hospital staff, volunteers and school nurses partner with schools and teachers to help educate the children about living a healthy life-style.
Live It! In the News
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Children Need to Be Taught Healthy Eating Habits (Posted on Tennessean.Com, March 13, 2010)
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Read about our efforts to reverse the trend in childhood obesity in Tennessee in the latest issue of Vanderbilt Magazine.
The Live It! Go for the Red, White and Blue! program features four student activities:
Step With it - for physical activity
Fit It In - for healthy eating
Track It - for an easy way to track your activity and eating
Rewards and Recognition - easy and fun awards and recognition for meeting goals
By being active and eating right students improve both mind and body, becoming more alert and more energetic. The goals of Live It! Go for the Red, White & Blue! program are to establish a healthy behavior for the students, increase health knowledge, increase positive behaviors related to nutrition and physical activity and incorporate lesson plans to combine physical activity and nutrition with academics. Live It! Go for the Red, White & Blue! will help educate students on healthy lifestyle choices and provide information on how they can lead a healthier life. For more information about the Live It! Go for the Red, White & Blue! Program, visit: http://www.liveitredwhiteandblue.com/
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Live It! Leaders
These leaders are a group of students who meet together weekly to discuss and plan health topics, Live It! activities, guest speakers, school health projects and programs. The Live It! Leaders help advertise Live It! throughout the school and in the community. Benefits to members of this club include leadership roles, volunteer opportunities and increased knowledge of health and wellness.
Glencliff Community Coalition- Creating a Culture of Well-Being
To improve the health and well-being of students, staff and parents, Glencliff High School is implementing a community based model that brings together individuals and organizations in the Woodbine community and the greater Nashville area. The organizations work together to promote the following:
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Community Health Clinic: Physical and mental health services available during school hours to students and school staff and after school to parents and community members.
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Wellness Center: Cardiovascular equipment, a weight room and a pool available to all Glencliff High School staff, teachers, students and community members.
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School Based Educational Services: Tutorial services, community education and credit recovery.
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Community Based Health Education Services: Live It! programming, coalition for aging health education and nutrition education.
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Instructional Support and Training for Health Science and Human Services Career: Clinical practice and lab support, mentoring, guest speakers and more.
2008-2009 Accomplishments
Website Data
One of the most important aspects of Live It! is capturing student's physical activity and nutrition on our Live It! website to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and changes in student's health behaviors. Here is this year's website data:
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12,929 Website log-ins from teachers, students and family members
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49,915,374,646 Steps tracked! *Self-reported
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12,320 Fruits and vegetables consumed! *Self-reported
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| Nashville mayor Karl Dean takes a Jazzercise class with us! |
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| Live It! in P.E. |
73 Live It! Lessons were provided as alternative health lessons in various Physical Education, Health and Wellness, Culinary Arts and Family Consumer Science classes. All lessons were taught by various community partners (over 20!) that brought their expertise into the classroom!
Staff Wellness Program (Biggest Loser!)
74 teachers and staff members of Glencliff Highschool program participated in a weight loss program similar to the Biggest Loser! A whopping 507 pounds were lost among this group during the 8 week program!
Health Fairs
Live It! hosted two health health fairs for school staff, students and family members. 34 community partners were in attendance at these health fairs!
Glencliff School Garden
In May 2009 Glencliff planted its first school garden! The produce planted in this garden includes beans, okra, tomatoes, onions, eggplant, peppers, and herbs! All produce harvested will be used to support the Glencliff Culinary Arts program.
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| Titan's player David Thorton visits Glencliff! |
"Since Live It! I have stopped drinking sodas like Sprite, Pepsi, etc. I am now watching what I eat and making sure I drink enough water. I don't feel lazy as much as I used to." - Student
"I am more conscious of my activity level and the amount of veggies I take in on a daily basis." - Student
"I have decreased my food and calorie intake...and have lost 12 pounds since the first of December!" - Student
"I think it is a great program. Investing in the health of our students is as important as anything we can do. It doesn't matter if our kids can read, write, add, or subtract if they [aren't healthy] by the age of 40 from complications due to obesity!" - Teacher/School Staff Member
"This program this year has made me more aware of the calories that I have been taking in and I don't really need. THANKS!" - Teacher/School Staff Member