Take 10! - UCD Center for Human Nutrition

TAKE 10!™

Obesity rates among children and adolescents have doubled in the past 20 years. Overweight children are more likely to become obese adults and as a result are at an increased risk of developing serious diseases. Although a poor diet is often cited as the culprit for the rise in childhood obesity, the key factor is energy balance. TAKE 10!™ helps to teach children the importance of physical activity in both theory and practice.

TAKE 10!™ is a classroom-based physical activity program for elementary schools and is designed to add at least 10 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity during the school day. TAKE 10!™ lessons integrate physical activity with grade specific academic objectives to reinforce required learning.

Contact information:
Mary J. Barry, Ph.D.
(303) 315-9957
(303) 315-9047
(719) 651-5400
Mary.Barry@uchsc.edu

Purpose or description:
The purpose and goal of this community/school based research is:

To implement, in elementary schools in the state of Colorado, physical activity and nutrition education using Take 10!™
To evaluate the TAKE 10!™ program and its impact upon:
- Self-efficacy for physical activity in elementary school children.
- Teacher leisure time physical activity.
- Classroom discipline

Program Components:

Spiral bond grade-specific academically linked materials including:
Ten Activity Cards with 3 levels of instruction in each set
Cool down card
Teacher manual featuring tips for implementation, 20 reproducible student worksheets,
Stickers to motivate students and to track TAKE 10!™ opportunities
Tracking poster for the classroom
Training Video

Supported by:

International Life Sciences Institute: Center for Health Promotion
Friends of the Center for Human Nutrition

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